I
did not know HHH had
been at BN. I first
heard of him at the
IC, where he is
notorious for single
tracking the mainline.
I
get that Wall Street
loves these guys
because of the short
term stock gains, and
I guess they have more
sway over the Boards
than do the "real"
professional
railroaders. But
whatever happened to
the long term? Not
just in railroading,
but in business in
general.
I
just thank our lucky
stars that he didn’t
get hold of NS!
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message --------
From: "'Mike Schattl'
mike@schattl.com [CBQ]" <
CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 7/25/17 12:40 AM
(GMT-05:00)
To:
CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] No
Way To Run A Railroad
So HE was the genius
who decided on
reducing the four
BN tracks through
Galesburg down to
two......During
Railroad Days, one
of the two main
tracks was taken
up with equipment
displays leaving
only one track to
work with and that
was occupied with
the Galesburg Yard
Tour passenger
train....What a
mess!!!
Like trying to
thread four sets
of double track
lines through the
eye of a single
track needle!
I understand that one
of the two removed
tracks has been
restored now.
Mike SchattL
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Original Message
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Sent: Monday,
July 24, 2017
11:17 PM
Subject: Re:
[CBQ] No Way To
Run A Railroad
Louis
From My read you
better figure
on getting
your torch
back out as
you will be
called back
from
retirement to
help with the
Wreck of the
CSX
I
worked the
Mainline when
HHH was on BN
and he tried
to single
track the
Mainline
Aurora to
Galesburg. It
ate the
switches up as
you can not
run the
tonnage thru
switches all
the time with
out
maintenance.
Then when
Galesburg was
being rebuilt
1 receiving
began at
Aurora on Main
1 with trains
tied up all
the way across
The
biggest
problem with
most business
today is right
on Wall St.
You got to let
the workers do
the work and
get it done
not second
guess them as
what might(??)
work on one
road does not
work on them
all.
Just
an old
dinosaur who
left before
they could
kick him out
Steve
in SC
July
24, 2017
Group
- Following is
off subject,
but seeing as
this Group
includes a
number of
retired
railroaders,
mostly off the
Q/BN/BNSF,
who remain
interested in
current
day railroading, but
do not have
access to the
railroad trade
media, I
submit the
following
concerning the
on-going "melt
down" at CSX:
May
be when Hunter
is done
"derailing"
CSX, BNSF can
swoop in and
merge what's
left of the
property
that's still
profitable....
CSX has a
large
presence in
Mobile, AL,
just across
the Bay from
Fairhope, and
I've been
hearing horror
stories from
career
railroad
employees I
know over
there.
I've
read Railway
Age longer
than I've read
TRAINS (50
years-plus)
and I've never
seen a piece
like this. At
least CSX's
arch
competitor NS
is presently
staying on
track. Best
Regards -
Louis
Louis
Zadnichek II
Fairhope,
AL