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Comment on Genesee Valley Transportation rail line sees first traffic in 25 years by JOHN PACKARD

JOHN PACKARD — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:56:12 +0000

This is a nice article. Thanks.

Comment on CSX lays off 166 managerial workers, furloughs conductors by Vince Saunders

Vince Saunders — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:28:10 +0000

Maybe they weren’t abandoned as much as they were priced out of the market by rate cutting truckers… Time will tell if that is the real situation or not, but with Equity Funds like Ancora buying up available RR stock to rip out easy selloff pickings when service suffers again by these cuts, well then they will cut off some more heads and blame it on other nefarious reasons of their own making…

Comment on CSX lays off 166 managerial workers, furloughs conductors by Vince Saunders

Vince Saunders — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:22:10 +0000

Well, we all knew Angel was just going to be a schill for Ancora so now they have started cutting train crews (Conductors) in an attempt to prop up CSX’s OR. Maybe Ancora shoulf do everyone a favor and just cache out before they begin to damage their franchise as well. Its almost like if they make CSX bad enough they can convince BNSF to merge with them. Sorry guys, it ain’t happening. BNSF is happy catering to J B Hunt and CMA-CGM and as they have stated numerous times they don’t see a merger as advantageous for them. And being privately held by Berkshire Hathaway that is one thing they (Ancora) can not change… Add a CN merger would not make things anymore competitive because they overlap too much. Same for CPKC, plus they can’t afford a CSX Merger anyway… At least the Trump Treasury Department is taking action against predatory equity funds in the single family home arena. Maybe they can be convinced to do the same in the railroad industry… At least, one could always hope…

Comment on CSX lays off 166 managerial workers, furloughs conductors by Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:47:14 +0000

In reply to Chris Thompson. Charles, at least in the southeast where I live the shorter list I believe would be the few carload shippers that are left. The many that have been abandoned by the railroads would fill several pages. And in my travels around the country, from what it looks to be true almost everywhere.

Comment on SEPTA making progress in Silverliner repairs by alan jones

alan jones — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:37:28 +0000

what is not clear is whether any of the repaired cars are back in service or each repaired car going to need another FRA inspection.

Comment on CSX lays off 166 managerial workers, furloughs conductors by CHARLES LANDEY

CHARLES LANDEY — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:15:11 +0000

In reply to Chris Thompson. CHRIS ---- Which is a shorter list (in any given region of America), to list the former carload shippers, or to list the few that are left.

Comment on Trans-isthmus railway remains closed following fatal derailment by John Pinckney

John Pinckney — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:07:13 +0000

Where government goes, corruption follows. This is a truism throughout the world.

Comment on Trans-isthmus railway remains closed following fatal derailment by andrew chandler

andrew chandler — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:54:05 +0000

government corruption? I am shocked I tell you Shocked.

Comment on Norfolk Southern to operate its first New England stack trains next week by PIERRE MORIN

PIERRE MORIN — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:24:51 +0000

In reply to CHARLES LANDEY. Charles, I too thought its not the water level route. And I live way out in western Canada, so I should not be very familiar with it.

Comment on CSX lays off 166 managerial workers, furloughs conductors by David Everitt

David Everitt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:50:26 +0000

In reply to Steven Holte. All of the NS UP employees are "guaranteed employment" so they are safe. There is a lot of sarcasm in that sentence though.