MORE CONFIRMATION ON A POSSIBLE CSX-UP MERGER

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rumors about 2 r.r. giants in a super-merger.. why is this important?

the really weird elements about this:

people get all exercised hearing rumors and passing them on.. OOOOOO!! did you hear..? NO! where did you hear that?? OOOOOOOOO!

what if the rumors are true? what if the r.rs. merge? after the merger, everybody will be so upset that the merger went thru.. horrible, horrible! the r.rs. are too big! they care less than they used to! they are a monopoly! they hurt the economy! they are firing people right & left! cry, cry, cry!

after the merger, people will say things like, gee! the new r.r. can send cars from ______ to _____ w/o changing locos..

gee! they control X% of the total r.r. mileage in the u.s., what a r.r.!

i would like to know:

so what??

if you like to argue, you can argue a thousand different topics about why the merger is good or bad.. why this will help the r.r. industry or hurt it.. or help the economy.. or george bush, or the cal. recall or whether it will cause the mississippi to hit flood stage this year..

if you enjoying arguing about anything to do w/ r.r.-ing, you will find a lot to argue about on this issue..

myself, it doesn't matter to me.. r.rs. are a business.. they come & go.. they merge & split up..

i enjoy reading about how r.rs. operate and stories of crewmen on the job..

when it gets down to business, that's boring.. when pc & prr merged, did anyone get excited reading about it? how about when conrail took over--was that a knee-slapper? what about when csx & ns divvied up the assets, did you laugh or cry?

did you feel nostalgic reading about ownership of the r-o-w of the old d+h or west. maryland being sold from one holding co. to another?

wow! you really are sentimental! getting teary-eyed over a business decision is way over my head.. but, i never saw the appeal of 'boxcar willie' either..

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

NOT JUST A CLERK BUT THE SENIOR CLERK WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE UP MANAGER THAT NIGHT. WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE 2 WORKING ON SIMILAR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE UP IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR NCAR TRACKING SYSTEM ON CSX. I THINK A SENIOR MANAGER AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WITH OVER 30 YEARS HAS SOME CREDIBILITY. AND ALSO WHY WOULD BE CHANGING OUR SYSTEMS OVER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THEIRS AND DOING IT IN QUITE HURRY. I REITERATE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY COINCIDENTAL HAPPENNINGS TO BE JUST RUMOR. ESPECIALLY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF STACK TRAINS. WE WILL ASK THE TRAINMASTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Ask whoever you want. It will change nothing. You need to take a look at the article pfrench pointed out. It discusses all of this. It's all rumors as far as I'm concerneds unless and until there is a transaction announced.

No clerk in HQ knows what the company will do. If it was the Exec. V.P.'s Sec'y I might look twice but a clerk working on matching computers, no matter how senior thinks he knows a LOT more than he does...sorry, but you'll have to do a lot better than that...as for the TM, are you sure he can even tie his shoes???

LOL...

LC

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jchoochoo71

NOT JUST A CLERK BUT THE SENIOR CLERK WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE UP MANAGER THAT NIGHT. WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE 2 WORKING ON SIMILAR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE UP IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR NCAR TRACKING SYSTEM ON CSX. I THINK A SENIOR MANAGER AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WITH OVER 30 YEARS HAS SOME CREDIBILITY. AND ALSO WHY WOULD BE CHANGING OUR SYSTEMS OVER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THEIRS AND DOING IT IN QUITE HURRY. I REITERATE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY COINCIDENTAL HAPPENNINGS TO BE JUST RUMOR. ESPECIALLY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF STACK TRAINS. WE WILL ASK THE TRAINMASTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Ask whoever you want. It will change nothing. You need to take a look at the article pfrench pointed out. It discusses all of this. It's all rumors as far as I'm concerneds unless and until there is a transaction announced.

No clerk in HQ knows what the company will do. If it was the Exec. V.P.'s Sec'y I might look twice but a clerk working on matching computers, no matter how senior thinks he knows a LOT more than he does...sorry, but you'll have to do a lot better than that...as for the TM, are you sure he can even tie his shoes???

LOL...

LC

[Anonymous]

NOT JUST A CLERK BUT THE SENIOR CLERK WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE UP MANAGER THAT NIGHT. WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE 2 WORKING ON SIMILAR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE UP IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR NCAR TRACKING SYSTEM ON CSX. I THINK A SENIOR MANAGER AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WITH OVER 30 YEARS HAS SOME CREDIBILITY. AND ALSO WHY WOULD BE CHANGING OUR SYSTEMS OVER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THEIRS AND DOING IT IN QUITE HURRY. I REITERATE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY COINCIDENTAL HAPPENNINGS TO BE JUST RUMOR. ESPECIALLY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF STACK TRAINS. WE WILL ASK THE TRAINMASTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

[Anonymous]

NOT JUST A CLERK BUT THE SENIOR CLERK WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE UP MANAGER THAT NIGHT. WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE 2 WORKING ON SIMILAR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE UP IS IMPLEMENTING THEIR NCAR TRACKING SYSTEM ON CSX. I THINK A SENIOR MANAGER AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WITH OVER 30 YEARS HAS SOME CREDIBILITY. AND ALSO WHY WOULD BE CHANGING OUR SYSTEMS OVER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THEIRS AND DOING IT IN QUITE HURRY. I REITERATE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY COINCIDENTAL HAPPENNINGS TO BE JUST RUMOR. ESPECIALLY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF STACK TRAINS. WE WILL ASK THE TRAINMASTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

[Anonymous]

http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=7814


One spark for the renewed rumors apparently was a prank by someone at Union Pacific who electronically altered a Union Pacific newsletter on the company's internal Web site to include a fake article about a merger. The altered document was then e-mailed to Union Pacific employees, spokesman John Bromley said.

"We know it was false," Bromley said. "My office writes the newsletter."

[Anonymous]

http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=7814


One spark for the renewed rumors apparently was a prank by someone at Union Pacific who electronically altered a Union Pacific newsletter on the company's internal Web site to include a fake article about a merger. The altered document was then e-mailed to Union Pacific employees, spokesman John Bromley said.

"We know it was false," Bromley said. "My office writes the newsletter."

[Anonymous]

You are still WAAAAY behind the curve. UP and CSX are working on certain proprietary technology together. That alone does not add up to merger. Still just a rumor. LOL, as though a clerk would know anything...

LC

[Anonymous]

You are still WAAAAY behind the curve. UP and CSX are working on certain proprietary technology together. That alone does not add up to merger. Still just a rumor. LOL, as though a clerk would know anything...

LC

[Anonymous]

NOW TO SOME WHO HAVE SAID THAT THESE ARE JUST ROUNDHOUSE RUMORS, I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE HINTS THAT ARE TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO LET GO. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE AND A SENIOR CLERK TOLD ME THAT UP HAS BEEN THERE FOR 2 MONTHS RUNNING INTEGRATION TESTS OF OUR PAPERWORK SYSTEM WITH THEIRS. UPPER LEVEL MANAGERS HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CLOSED DOOR TALKS WITH UP MANAGERS. KINDA INTERESTING,HUH.

[Anonymous]

NOW TO SOME WHO HAVE SAID THAT THESE ARE JUST ROUNDHOUSE RUMORS, I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE HINTS THAT ARE TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO LET GO. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE AND A SENIOR CLERK TOLD ME THAT UP HAS BEEN THERE FOR 2 MONTHS RUNNING INTEGRATION TESTS OF OUR PAPERWORK SYSTEM WITH THEIRS. UPPER LEVEL MANAGERS HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CLOSED DOOR TALKS WITH UP MANAGERS. KINDA INTERESTING,HUH.