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Posted by Norm48327 on Saturday, September 2, 2017 9:45 AM

Dave,

I'm going out on a limb here and speculating, but I think Harrison has met his match. CSX is nothing like CN and CP that were basically end to end railroads. The 'spider web' that constituents CSX is a 'whole nuther critter'. There are only a few end to end points on CSX while coal was, until recently, the lifeblood of the company. I think Harrison has failed to take that into account in his plan to run a scheduled railroad. If memory serves coal loads depart not on schedule but when the requested number of cars are filled and ready for departure. That may not meet Harrison's schedule but is reality.

Norm


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