Hunter Harrison
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Author details Memphis native Harrison’s rise to pinnacle of railroad industry (with video)
Hunter Harrison’s timing was perfect for someone breaking into the rail transport industry, bestselling author Howard Green, who penned “Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy…
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Railroad
Commentary: The good and bad of precision scheduled railroading
Ben Thrower writes about the positive and negative aspects of precision scheduled railroading in this commentary article.
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Container
Norfolk Southern lays tracks for cost cuts, service improvements with 2021 strategic plan
NS invokes precision scheduled railroading as its seeks to match peer performance and lower its operating ratio.
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Canada
A former counsel of the chief rail U.S rail regulator wonders about its future mission
A current rail attorney who was with the STB for many years wonders whether it has ever broken free of the changes envisioned by the…
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News
CSX CEO waxes philosophical about PSR, and says the customer is at the core
In a 45-minute chat at a Credit Suisse conference, Jim Foote insists that it isn’t all about cost-cutting.
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News
Introduction to precision railroading, part 3: where do we go from here?
In this final part of the three-part series, the author looks at what steps need to be taken to successfully implement precision railroading.
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Canada
Introduction to precision railroading, part 1: the industry’s savior or villain. Take your choice.
The industry clearly is moving in the direction of precision railroading being the “way to go.” Now it’s time to figure out the possibilities and…
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Driver issues
Today’s Pickup: Michael rowing its boat ashore, a Europe investigation sees a “sweatshop”
In Today’s Pickup: Michael is headed toward the Gulf, a quote by Hunter Harrison and a not-complimentary look at the job of a truck driver.
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Canada
Book Review: new Hunter Harrison biography focuses on corporate intrigue
Howard Green is best on fights between the serial CEO and his boards, activist investors, and proxy wars, but there’s a lot in the book…
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Economics
Today’s Pickup: CSX CEO Harrison takes medical leave, company value drops $6B in morning trading
CSX Corp. CEO Hunter Harrison has taken a medical leave of absence from the railroad due to complications from a recent illness. Investors sold off…
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