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This seems to be another Penn Central in the making at Union Pacific. Instead of the Wall Street stooges they have in the executive suites now, what Union Pacific and the other railroads need are RAILROAD men and /or women running the carriers, not these Wall Street Stooges whose only focus is the bottom line, which , while important, is not the only item of importance to the railroads' survival. They seem to have forgotten that service and dependable service is all they have to sell. The Erie Lackawanna formed in October 17,1960 realized this from the get go, and Penn Central, stumbled badly in this respect from February 1, 1968 on to its collapse a little over two years later. The breakdown now taking place at Union Pacific has a hauntingly familiar ring to it. The Penn Central's service meltdowns were similar in nature though it was the incompatible computer systems that were a major cause of it. Union Pacific today is made up of railroads that do not seem to be all that compatible with each other, especially Southern Pacific, which, by nature of its construction, is largely a single track railroad, which is where a good part of the problem lies. Double tracking as much of the SP as possible would go a long way toward alleviating a number of the operational delays as would be having an adequate number of train and engine crews and maintenance of way personnel on hand to properly run the property and keep it in top operating condition. That is where Union Pacific and other railroads fall down badly. And it is all coming home to roost. Management listening to too many Wall Street bean counters who do not know what the heck they are talking about telling railroad management where to cut back. Cutting back on train operating and maintenance of way personnel is starting to bite UP and the other railroads on the *** and the growing frequency of train accidents, both between t rains and between trains and highway vehicles at road crossings, together with increasingly malfunctioning signal devices are all reflecting this. Not only that, but safety in operations at all railroads has been so badly compromised to the breaking point that people are getting killed on the job with greater frequency as a result, and regardless of how carefully they work, too. One remedy would be to g et rid of this remote control nonsense and get adequate crews on the trains. Two man crews are not always enough.
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