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CSX Management in talks with Hunter Harrison over hiring conditions

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Posted by kgbw49 on Monday, January 30, 2017 11:05 PM

Potential disposition via short line lease or abandonment:

B&O between Seymour IN and St. Louis

B&O west of Cumberland MD through WV

Clinchfield

All coal branches in KY, VA or WV

Mobile AL to Tallahassee FL

Atlanta GA to Augusta GA

Major downgrade - C & O from Cincinnati OH to Newport News VA

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Posted by PNWRMNM on Monday, January 30, 2017 8:06 PM

CMStPnP
 
PNWRMNM

St. Paul,

Do you have a credible source for this claim?

Mac

 

 

Put your Mouse over the NEWS menu at the top of this page and read the article next to the Hunter Harrison extended gut.........I mean photo.

 

 

Thank you, and Convicted One.

Your headline is third hand and unfortunately the source you copied it from, Bill Stevens, inverted the cause and effect, or the horse and the cart if you prefer. The investor group/hedge fund Mantle Ridge is the entity that is driving the process and has presumably hired Harrison as their railroad expert/boogyman. Mantle wants three (of 12) seats on the CSX board. Harrison is one of the tools in Mantle Ridge's tool box. The point is this is not Harrison's doing as your and Stevens' headline implies.

I believe Harrison runs a large risk of ending up with egg on his face if Mantle Ridge succeds and installs him as CEO. The current management at CSX has already bogged it down with monster trains on 28 hour "day" cycles. The big train strategy can go only so far and I believe CSX has gone as far as it can, and perhaps too far. Service reliability still counts for carload traffic which means getting trains in and out of yards on time. If Harrison continues down the big train road I fear quality will suffer more than it already has driving additional traffic to the highway and depressing earnings.

Of course he could surprise us all and go to somewhat shorter trains on a 24 hour or less cycle. With the current traffic downturn there is relatively more main line capacity to support that strategy.

Bring popcorn!

Mac 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 30, 2017 8:00 PM

Convicted One

 

 
PNWRMNM

 

Do you have a credible source for this claim?

Mac

 

 

 

 

LINK

 

Do you think he'll paint that damn bridge?

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by Convicted One on Monday, January 30, 2017 7:19 PM

PNWRMNM

 

Do you have a credible source for this claim?

Mac

 

 

LINK

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Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, January 30, 2017 4:52 PM

schlimm

Speaking for myself (but I think the same is true for CMStPnP) the opinions are based on HHH's history and the current situation at CSX, as well as the typical scenario in other similar corporate situations.  It's not based on sources or rumors.

See my post above.   There is a Source but if I link to it I am going to read about three posts from people that do not have access to read it because they are not subscribers or something to that effect.    I thought you had to be a subscriber to post on this Forum but I am not sure.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, January 30, 2017 4:50 PM

PNWRMNM

St. Paul,

Do you have a credible source for this claim?

Mac

Put your Mouse over the NEWS menu at the top of this page and read the article next to the Hunter Harrison extended gut.........I mean photo.

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Posted by Ulrich on Monday, January 30, 2017 4:39 PM

Seamless nationwide service would benefit both parties to the merger.. at least EHH seems to think so. Maybe KCS too, who knows... 

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Posted by LensCapOn on Monday, January 30, 2017 1:09 PM

Ulrich

A merger would likely be his end game; however, I doubt now that a Canadian road would be his primary merger target. A merger, if one is going to happen, would likely involve CSX and UP or BNSF. 

 

Hey!  What about KCS!!

 

And would UP/BNSF WANT CSX? What's in it for them?

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Posted by Ulrich on Monday, January 30, 2017 11:05 AM

A merger would likely be his end game; however, I doubt now that a Canadian road would be his primary merger target. A merger, if one is going to happen, would likely involve CSX and UP or BNSF. 

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Posted by Dakguy201 on Monday, January 30, 2017 9:34 AM

I wonder if our Canadian cousins have the ability to prevent anything resembling a merger of CSX and CP.  That surely would be the end game here.   I suspect they do and have my doubts that any combination would pass their sniff test.

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Posted by schlimm on Monday, January 30, 2017 9:28 AM

Speaking for myself (but I think the same is true for CMStPnP) the opinions are based on HHH's history and the current situation at CSX, as well as the typical scenario in other similar corporate situations.  It's not based on sources or rumors.

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Posted by PNWRMNM on Monday, January 30, 2017 9:11 AM

St. Paul,

Do you have a credible source for this claim?

Mac

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Posted by schlimm on Monday, January 30, 2017 9:05 AM

My guess is that if he goes to CSX, a lot of upper mgmt will be shown the door.

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CSX Management in talks with Hunter Harrison over hiring conditions
Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, January 30, 2017 8:33 AM

Oh-oh, here we go.    Penn-Central revisited.    

I don't think he is going to find a similar receptive operating culture on CSX then he had on those Western RR's.....which tend to be more CAN DO.    Just a theory I have that if he moves to CSX it will be major culture clash.    We'll see though.

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