What do you think about Canadian National Mergers???

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Vista Dome Passenger 1

I dont uderstand why. CN can buy these railroads but i believe they should still have there own identity.

My friend, people have been saying that about merged railroads for over 50 years! Other industries as well. Then again, there's always a few companies that we wish we had never seen in the first place (Penn Central anyone ?[swg])...

[2c],
-Mark
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[espeefoamer]

If Canadian(oops! I meanCN) National merged with Union Pacific would it be called Unadian Pacific?

[wcfan4ever]

I dont like CN, I don't like the way they run things and how they treat customers but I do have to hand it to them...they do know what they are doing. They sure haven't lost any major amounts of money and they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Too bad for the WC. At least there are still some WC's around...but get photos while you can cause the SD45's days are numbered.

[Junctionfan]

I wi***hey would work with what they got and less time with what they don't have. They remind me of the Borg except they are not utilizing everything they buy for their own services. I don't recall the Borg saying "we are the Borg; resistance is futile, you will be assimilated unless we just what a few things that we will discard don't want". It is to me like buying an apple just so you can eat the stem and than throwing a the useless apple.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

If Canadian(oops! I meanCN) National merged with Union Pacific would it be called Unadian Pacific?

National Union Railroad

LC

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I wi***hey would work with what they got and less time with what they don't have. They remind me of the Borg except they are not utilizing everything they buy for their own services. I don't recall the Borg saying "we are the Borg; resistance is futile, you will be assimilated unless we just what a few things that we will discard don't want". It is to me like buying an apple just so you can eat the stem and than throwing a the useless apple.

News Flash!

This happens in every industry, not just railroads. It is one of the reasons companies have issues growing by acquisition.

LC

[Junctionfan]

Does that make it any more right? News flash! If this was any other industry related forum, I would say the same thing. I am not a big fan of waste; I detest it more because it is a major important mode of transportation that is depended on by literaly millions of people. I am really sick to death of hearing how much money the railroads are making while at the same time ex railroad workers are now unemployed with a family that has got bills to pay while at the same time the investors and management are sitting down in their nice homes, drinking and eating without a care in the world except how they will do in the next quarterly. Where in the hell is the justice in that?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

Does that make it any more right? News flash! If this was any other industry related forum, I would say the same thing. I am not a big fan of waste; I detest it more because it is a major important mode of transportation that is depended on by literaly millions of people. I am really sick to death of hearing how much money the railroads are making while at the same time ex railroad workers are now unemployed with a family that has got bills to pay while at the same time the investors and management are sitting down in their nice homes, drinking and eating without a care in the world except how they will do in the next quarterly. Where in the hell is the justice in that?

It is capitalism we are talking about and as you will learn, it has little to do with justice.

LC

[Junctionfan]

So I have noticed. It would appear than my fears have come true in that the few out number the needs of the many. It bothers me that thease same people who believe in that are supposed to be "good Christians" as if that is supposed to make a world of difference. I apoligies for the ranting but I hate to see people suffer and I get frustrated when people are unwilling to comprimise. I don't see anything wrong with making money but can't there be moral medium in how you achieve it. There must be another way than to reduce workforces and customers in order to make more money. I get capitalism but I have to wonder if it is worth the aggrivation. To me it is an archaic form of life that we should get over as it has no real basis on the grand scheme of things. That form of greed slows the process of advanced thought and technological breakthroughs that we may desperatly need. I am sure if we were not plague by rampid capitalism, we would have found the cure for cancer by now.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

So I have noticed. It would appear than my fears have come true in that the few out number the needs of the many. It bothers me that thease same people who believe in that are supposed to be "good Christians" as if that is supposed to make a world of difference. I apoligies for the ranting but I hate to see people suffer and I get frustrated when people are unwilling to comprimise. I don't see anything wrong with making money but can't there be moral medium in how you achieve it. There must be another way than to reduce workforces and customers in order to make more money. I get capitalism but I have to wonder if it is worth the aggrivation. To me it is an archaic form of life that we should get over as it has no real basis on the grand scheme of things. That form of greed slows the process of advanced thought and technological breakthroughs that we may desperatly need. I am sure if we were not plague by rampid capitalism, we would have found the cure for cancer by now.

Just wait until you actually have to earn a living. You'll change your mind as you figure out what it takes to have nice things and live decently.

LC

[Junctionfan]

That is a very shallow thing to say.