BaltACD schlimm Strike three! When's the last time you acknowledged you were 'off base' a bit? Nope - Snarks foul off pitches that they don't knock out of the park.
schlimm Strike three! When's the last time you acknowledged you were 'off base' a bit?
Nope - Snarks foul off pitches that they don't knock out of the park.
A high pop foul behind the plate. Contreras camps under it. Caught. Out three!
Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
schlimm BaltACD schlimm Strike three! When's the last time you acknowledged you were 'off base' a bit? Nope - Snarks foul off pitches that they don't knock out of the park. A high pop foul behind the plate. Contreras camps under it. Caught. Out three! Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!
Once in 108 years. Even a blind squirrel stumbles over some nuts. Contreras stumbled over the blind squirrel and didn't make the catch.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDOnce in 108 years. Even a blind squirrel stumbles over some nuts. Contreras stumbled over the blind squirrel and didn't make the catch.
You'd better stop racing if your vision is that poor.
The shippers have spoken.
http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/freight/class-i/csx-shippers-look-to-ns-trucks-cowen-report.html
Bruce Kelly The shippers have spoken. http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/freight/class-i/csx-shippers-look-to-ns-trucks-cowen-report.html
Funny how many of the EHH fangirls have suddenly gone silent.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Nothing new to add really.. change generally involves some disruption in the short term. We're seeing that. The article also states that.. i.e. paragraph 7..
Ulrich Nothing new to add really.. change generally involves some disruption in the short term. We're seeing that. The article also states that.. i.e. paragraph 7..
Uh, SOME disruption? How 'bout full-fledged meltdown instead? And now throw this nasty derailment on top of it all.
http://www.wtae.com/article/homes-evacuated-amid-freight-train-derailment-fire-in-bedford-county-pennsylvania/10401728
If all this doom and gloom of one man destroying CSX is true, what should be done about it? Wouldn’t the destruction of CSX be a national emergency? Does the government need to intervene to save the company?
EuclidIf all this doom and gloom of one man destroying CSX is true, what should be done about it? Wouldn’t the destruction of CSX be a national emergency? Does the government need to intervene to save the company?
The STB writing their letter last week is the 1st step toward some form of government intervention - not to save the company - rather to benefit the shippers and receivers of the goods that the company handles.
The creation of ConRail was not about saving Penn Central - it was about providing transportation service to the areas that Penn Central served.
And we all know the minions in government are more capable than the rest of us..Let's not forget that the Penn Central debacle was in large measure brought on by out of date regulations, not the incompetence of people like Al Perlman who did their best given the circumstances.
Euclid If all this doom and gloom of one man destroying CSX is true, what should be done about it? Wouldn’t the destruction of CSX be a national emergency? Does the government need to intervene to save the company?
Everything is always gloom and doom.. I guess its a sign of the times. CSX is having some switching problems. They've got capable people, but Rome wasn't built in a day. If you can look past the hyperbole and the panic stricken people, this might actually be a good time to buy the stock.
UlrichCSX is having some switching problems.
Ulrich Euclid If all this doom and gloom of one man destroying CSX is true, what should be done about it? Wouldn’t the destruction of CSX be a national emergency? Does the government need to intervene to save the company? Everything is always gloom and doom.. I guess its a sign of the times. CSX is having some switching problems. They've got capable people, but Rome wasn't built in a day. If you can look past the hyperbole and the panic stricken people, this might actually be a good time to buy the stock.
Well, underlying my question is the question of whether the collapse of CSX is being exaggerated for the benefit of the eternal shippers' grievance toward the railroads they use.
If it is not being exaggerated, then government intervention is urgently needed.
Most definitely exaggerated.. i.e. collapse of CSX.. Keep in mind that freight volumes are very strong across the board right now. Part of the shippers' agst may be due to capacity constraints. Truck capacity in the markets CSX serves is extremely tight right now.. especially in the Southeast. No doubt shippers are growing frustrated, and those frustrations are likely most acute with transportation vendors who are undergoing massive changes over and above tightened capacity. Probably the best time to make those changes is when freight volumes are down.. but.. sometimes the timing is beyond anyone's control.
I went out to Radnor yard (in Nashville) yesterday and observed it from the Harding Pike Overpass (a public Right of Way). The hump was idle, as I expected. What I didn't expect was all the cars I saw in the bowl tracks. They were full up. In fact, there were cars everywhere, but not one car moving, anywhere. How are they getting cars into the bowl? From the opposite end? It shows how plugged up CSX is, because of this foolishness.
zugmann Ulrich CSX is having some switching problems.
Ulrich CSX is having some switching problems.
I see problems that can be worked out.
UlrichMost definitely exaggerated.. i.e. collapse of CSX.. Keep in mind that freight volumes are very strong across the board right now. Part of the shippers' agst may be due to capacity constraints. Truck capacity in the markets CSX serves is extremely tight right now.. especially in the Southeast. No doubt shippers are growing frustrated, and those frustrations are likely most acute with transportation vendors who are undergoing massive changes over and above tightened capacity. Probably the best time to make those changes is when freight volumes are down.. but.. sometimes the timing is beyond anyone's control.
My sources know what it takes for CSX to operate - they have been operating it for years. CSX is in gridlock today. Gridlock orchastrated by a failed operating plan and removal of operating resources from operation.
The freight levels today are nowhere near the levels that have been successfully handled in the past.
Zugmann- " Nothing to see here"...good one! It's perfect.
Now they have a big derailment to deal with.
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Yes, Euclid, Yes. Not to save the company, but save its customers. There are areas where CSX is the exclusive raliroad provider, and where highway and/or water transportation is not really feasible for the particular important commodities.
I expect a Government takeover and installation of operating people without any ties to HH. Unless HH shows some sense and HUMILITY very soon. I felt he had not one clue how to run CSX (and he would have similar problems with NS). CSX is a spaghetti bowl compared to the simple networks of IC, CN, and CP.
overall I went out to Radnor yard (in Nashville) yesterday and observed it from the Harding Pike Overpass (a public Right of Way). The hump was idle, as I expected. What I didn't expect was all the cars I saw in the bowl tracks. They were full up. In fact, there were cars everywhere, but not one car moving, anywhere. How are they getting cars into the bowl? From the opposite end? It shows how plugged up CSX is, because of this foolishness.
According to the latest AAR Railroad Performance Measures stats, Radnor yard right now has the highest dwell time on the whole CSX system - almost 3 days!
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Unlikely, IMO.
EHH blames the pushback of a few employees; SMART union spokesperson Risch blames EHH.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-csx-disruptions-idUSKBN1AH4OV
Trump and co. need to get their house in order first..I doubt anyone in government can do a better job.. ((if they could they would.. pays alot better).
ns145 According to the latest AAR Railroad Performance Measures stats, Radnor yard right now has the highest dwell time on the whole CSX system - almost 3 days!
On the surface CSX’s dwell times don’t appear to be way off the industry averages, although they have been increasing.
Rio Grande Valley, CFI,CFII
I have been through more failed operating plans on CSX than I care to count. They all have this same sort of appearance until someone wakes up and fires some other one. Hunter will stay around until Mantle Ridge is no long the tail that is trying to wag the CSX dog (The Chessie cat is upset at the dog analogy.) If Paul Hilal wakes up and begins to understand the damage is oxygen starved cadaver is doing to his investment then there will be change. Hilal better not stay asleep much longer or he can kiss the value of his investment good bye.
BaltACDthe tail that is trying to wag the CSX dog (The Chessie cat is upset at the dog analogy.)
Well, we can't have that.
The Chessie Cat, in all his/her? reincarnations, is about the only cat I ever really liked.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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BaltACD oxygen starved cadaver
oxygen starved cadaver
Poor guy. I kind of feel sorry for him he can't do a lot of things he used to.
wanswheel BaltACD oxygen starved cadaver Poor guy. I kind of feel sorry for him he can't do a lot of things he used to.
Dementia is like that!
BaltACD wanswheel BaltACD oxygen starved cadaver Poor guy. I kind of feel sorry for him he can't do a lot of things he used to. Dementia is like that!
You should hear what is being said about him over on railroader forums like yardlimits and runningtrades. Some comments would make a sailor blush.
People don't like you very much if you destroy their workplace culture and careers. To put it mildly I hope that whatever he has is painful. And karma's got a long way to go yet.
And I will shortly be joining the line to dance (among other things) on his grave.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Sd70M-2 Dude- " To put it mildly I hope that whatever he has is painful. And karma's got a long way to go yet.
And I will shortly be joining the line to dance (among other things) on his grave."
I would not go that far...he has a beautiful multi million dollar horse farm...why not pack it in and enjoy life. Donate 2 or 3 million to the T1 fund and smile. That would be a reasonable and fine outcome.
MiningmanI would not go that far...he has a beautiful multi million dollar horse farm...why not pack it in and enjoy life. Donate 2 or 3 million to the T1 fund and smile. That would be a reasonable and fine outcome.
Indeed. On the other hand, it's hard to turn down that kind of money to be a puppet.
I'm fairly certain that it's not EHH who is making these draconian pronouncements - he's just the figurehead for the folks who want to milk CSX dry before moving on to their next victim.
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