By Tony Hatch, Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 2018
If you listened to CSX Corp.’s Jan. 16 earnings call, it might have seemed at first that time had gone backwards, what with the talk of “bulldozing Atlanta,” sharply cutting capex and headcount etc. But in between the lines, we heard signs of the post-Hunter world developing — as it continues to develop at CP and as it has done so well at CN.
President and CEO Jim Foote talked about re-engaging with shippers that have been affected by the dramatic, fast-paced and often disruptive changes as CSX rolled out Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR). Jim will be keynoting at the Southwest Association of Rail Shippers (SWARS) 2018 annual meeting, to be held Feb. 20-21 in San Antonio — another chance to gauge the changes in CSX strategy. (Note: I’ll be hitting clean-up.)
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