Rich Melvin posted:Rule292 posted:...Steam programs don't fix bad business decisions or bad infrastructure and doesn't make money or immediate "shareholder value" but as a business CSX gets its share of bad PR over many things that may or may not always be their fault...A little bit of good PR sprinkled around in a steam/heritage program might be some media and public relations money well spent.At least part of the mind set in Jacksonville is a desire to undo all the terrible press and bad PR heaped on CSX during the late Hunter Harrison's reign of terror. In a wonderful display of irony, the biggest steam hater in the railroad industry could ultimately be responsible for steam returning to a class 1 railroad in the east.
Kent Loudon posted:>>Without the most gracious assistance of the CSX in towing the 576 several miles over its live rails to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum, this restoration would not have been possible.
That is amazing! Does anyone recall CSX's response to Western Maryland Scenic's attempt to transport their 2-8-0 to South Branch Valley?
Kent
As I have always maintained: All it takes is a change in management and steam can live or die.
Rusty