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coborn35
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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:37 AM
Just wondering if anyone could give me the names of the CEO's of the Class 1's?

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chad thomas
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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:11 AM
Richard Davidson............UP
Matthew Rose..................BNSF
Michael Haverty.................KCS
Rob Richie.........................CP Rail
E Hunter Harrison............CN
If memory serves........................................................
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:45 PM
i hate them all
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Posted by Tharmeni on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:51 PM
You "hate them all"?????

E. Hunter Harrison is a friend of mine, a great family man who really wants the railroads to thrive. [:O]
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Posted by oltmannd on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:55 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by samsooter@yahoo.com

i hate them all



Hate is a strong word.

Ever met one?

BTW

NS: David Goode

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by samsooter@yahoo.com

i hate them all



Do they care? I think not.[8D]
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Posted by jeaton on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:20 PM
CSX Mike Ward

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:23 PM
David R Goode............NS
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Posted by MP173 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:49 PM
Hate?

Care?

Wow!

They got a job to do and it shouldnt be determined by changing a color scheme of a locomotive, or not having a steam engine run in the summer.

Being a CEO, particularly a large corporation is a huge responsibility. Dont think so? What about World Com's ceo? Enron? How would you like the responsibility of being CEO of GM or Ford right now?

Lets see, you are Ted Rose and you have to decide between:
A. Increasing dividend to make the stock more attractive to shareholders (owners).
B. Increase stock buyback program to make stock more attractive.
C. Invest the $$$ instead into physical plant and equipment which may not even cover the cost of capital.
D. Do nothing and hope UP doesnt eat your lunch in 5 years.

Take a long hard read on the Milwaukee Road thread going on right now and you will see what happens when you have CEO's that cannot or will not make the correct decision. Rail lines and jobs disappear.

ed
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Posted by Junctionfan on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:55 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tharmeni

You "hate them all"?????

E. Hunter Harrison is a friend of mine, a great family man who really wants the railroads to thrive. [:O]


Really?
Andrew
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Posted by Tharmeni on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:08 PM
Really.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:11 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

QUOTE: Originally posted by samsooter@yahoo.com

i hate them all



Do they care? I think not.[8D]


yea i do not care if they care they are all slim
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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:49 PM
" I fell down,down,down into the.............Ring of Fire"

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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tharmeni

You "hate them all"?????

E. Hunter Harrison is a friend of mine, a great family man who really wants the railroads to thrive. [:O]

REALLY???
Hey ask him if I can get a ride in a DMIR tunnel motor?????
PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:08 PM
samscooter: You say they are all slim? Some sort of railroad CEO fad diet? Fill us in please. ( At least they know how to spell when badmouthing someone.[:)]

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:05 PM
Of course the modern day business tycoon, evil, greedy, and cold hearted. (Much sarcasm folks). But slim?
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Posted by coborn35 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:13 PM
Too much caviar?

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Posted by Junctionfan on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:55 PM
I doubt very much he knows this but maybe he knows the person in charge of the operation. What the heck is CN doing with the bridge construction over the QEW highway near Niagara Falls, Ontario?

I can't figure for the life of me, what they are doing and why they are doing it that way.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:08 PM
How can anyone hate a corporate bigwig who has so many railfans eager to tell him how to spend his company's dollars? Union folks are the same way.

Samsooter, send me your personal family budget and I'll be glad to tell you how to spend it. You think you hate railroad CEOS . . .

If you're not going to responsible for the bucks, don't criticize the guy that is responsible. Everybody has a boss besides his wife - even a railroad CEO.

Old Timer
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:23 PM
Hey samsooter, is it slim or slime?

Some may be figuratively more slim than others, but none are slime.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:00 PM
In reality, it would hard for a railfan to dislike a Railroad CEO who probably puts in 12+ hour days running the railroads we find so interesting.

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by ValleyX on Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:53 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by samsooter@yahoo.com

i hate them all



Say, you wouldn't be Peterson 6868, would you?
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Posted by coborn35 on Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:31 AM
You know, I was thinking the same think. Hey Lotus and Peterso, YOU wouldnt happen to be the same people as sam would you???

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