w124bob Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Putting aside his management of CP and now CSX, sad news for his family. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42379989 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Business obituary: http://business.financialpost.com/transportation/rail/im-flesh-and-blood-and-im-here-to-help-you-hunter-harrisons-transformation-model Some 'interesting' phrasing in places, as might be expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmotrutta Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Looking at the article in this month's Trains magazine it seems that he was in a hurry to get things going at CSX - I wonder if he was already feeling his age and realised that he'd taken on a very big project that required a lot of stamina. He certainly was a force in Canadian railroading and will be remebered for that. As w124bob says, it's sad for his family. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Business obituary: http://business.financialpost.com/transportation/rail/im-flesh-and-blood-and-im-here-to-help-you-hunter-harrisons-transformation-model Some 'interesting' phrasing in places, as might be expected. From a short term financial viewpoint his methods were successful, cut any services except the most profitable, get the operating profit figures up. This is a gain for him and the investment team Mantle Ridge who got him into CSX but a loss for pretty much else. Shippers, employees, road users, US taxpayers, people affected by pollution worldwide.In much the same way that companies in this country get their wage bill subsidised by society, the increase in the value of CSX has been subsidised by society, less directly but equally insidiously. I wonder how many extra deaths his policies will contribute to. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Though sad for his family, he always seemed to me to be another Wall Street fat cat who crushed everyone financially lower on the ladder under an uncaring heel. Just like Maggie Thatcher, he won't be missed by the working Joe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2017 He certainly left his mark, for better or worse he was clearly a formidable individual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 He certainly left his mark, for better or worse he was clearly a formidable individual. so was Mr. Stalin ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2017 so was Mr. Stalin ! An eminently reasonable comparison, we all know that the real reason Hunter Harrison left Canada was to escape from the Canadian Mounties who wanted to interview him about 20 million murders he was suspected of committing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2017 Anyone else thinking of the New Haven and McGinnis? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2017 I don't think you can compare Harrison with McGinnis. Well, you can, but only to say one was unpopular but competent and the other was unpopular and not so competent at running a railway. We'll never know what Harrison would have done at CSX but his record at CN and CP was very impressive from a corporate performance perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) Looks like his policies haven't gone with him http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/01/22-csx-reviewing-8000-miles-of-rail-lines-for-potential-sale Edited January 23, 2018 by Talltim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBrad Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Hmmm, will be interesting to see if either of the other 2 big companies are interested in taking on any of the route mileage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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