Join the discussion on the following article:
NS promotes ‘big year’ in 2013 annual report
You have to go to the NS Corp. website to see the entire report.
Mike: You’re comparing apples to oranges. Don’t make such judgements unless you know the entire story. Besides, NS has been extremely giving to the preservation community. Be happy with what they’ve provided cause it could have been a lot less.
Author: Why not include the operating ratio, especially since it was a record.
If things are so great, why are they hitting us up for donations to fire up the 611 when UP is doing a Big Boy all by themselves? I’m sure the Big Boy is going to cost a lot more than the 611.
I guess this just proves there’s no way to make everyone happy. NS is a well operated company, and my stock has quadrupled since the start of the economic depression; I am proud to be an owner. Thank you, Mr. Hopkins, for setting the record straight about the 611. And thank you, Mr. Moorman, for recognizing the unquantifiable value of the good publicity NS gets through the revival of the excursion program.
Norfolk Southern isn’t “hitting us up for donations” to fire up 611. The Virginia Transportation Museum is restoring the 611. As far as I’m concerned things are going great. The stock price is up!!
I am really starting to like this no nonsense, little flash, no “we are the greatest railroad in the world” railroad. They just go about their business.
Driving from Knoxville to Bristol this past weekend to the Nascar race and dealing with a constant parade of semis on Interstate 81, there is a lot of potential there for intermodal if they can make that corridor work. Go get em Mr. Moorman!
I guess in Mikes world its ok for Big Yellow to give donations but not NS? I am looking at NS from the standpoint of how they are as a company, not how many heritage units they have versus someone else or who is running steam excursions. They are nice to see, but as an employee in the industry I also know that’s not what pays the bills. So I kind of chuckle when people judge a railroad based on who has steam engines or the neatest paint job. For me its about having my check cash every two weeks.
Imagine, all this, despite throwing money away at money pit steam locomotive excursions…
It would make more sense if your website was set up to send readers to p. 1 of Comments, rather than to p.2 where one reads, totally out of context, replies to issues obviously raised on p. 1.
And p. 1 isn’t all that easy to access from p. 2, just to add to the confusion.
Perhaps Newswire could use a new editor! Sorry Matt van Hattem won’t be available. Best of luck to him.
And I agree that the operating ratio should have been included in the article. Absolutely!
It would make more sense if your website was set up to send readers to p. 1 of Comments, rather than to p.2 where one reads, totally out of context, replies to issues obviously raised on p. 1.
And p. 1 isn’t all that easy to access from p. 2, just to add to the confusion.
Perhaps Newswire could use a new editor! Sorry Matt van Hattem won’t be available. Best of luck to him.
And I agree that the operating ratio should have been included in the article. Absolutely!
It would make more sense if your website was set up to send readers to p. 1 of Comments, rather than to p.2 where one reads, totally out of context, replies to issues obviously raised on p. 1.
And p. 1 isn’t all that easy to access from p. 2, just to add to the confusion.
Perhaps Newswire could use a new editor! Sorry Matt van Hattem won’t be available. Best of luck to him.
And I agree that the operating ratio should have been included in the article. Absolutely!
You only need to click the SUBMIT button once. Then, go get a cup of coffee or water and eventually, TRainsmag’s pokey browser will upload it.
Hey Wick, why don’t you do something useful with that cash and re-open the Cincinnati District? Chances are you would make even more money by using the shorter route Westward from Portsmouth instead of sending everything through Columbus first.