Legendary railroad figure Hunter Harrison passed away after battling an unexplained illness.
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"Much of the heavy lifting has been done"
Yep, 84 million.
Ed
RIP
i dont know if he was legendary.....i suspect his employees had other thoughts...
This must be a surprise and shock to CSX's private shareholders especially after paying him $84 million a few months ago. It would be interesting to know if he was ill and hid his condition from the shareholders / board before he joined CSX.
I would describe Harrison as being controversial rather than legendary. It will be interesting to see what happens to CSX now.
NH Joe
New Haven Joe posted:This must be a surprise and shock to CSX's private shareholders especially after paying him $84 million a few months ago. It would be interesting to know if he was ill and hid his condition from the shareholders / board before he joined CSX.
He would NOT release his medical records nor his health condition to ANYONE.
I would describe Harrison as being controversial rather than legendary. It will be interesting to see what happens to CSX now.
NH Joe
whats gonna happen to CSX
I hope there comes a new merger called Allegheny something 
New Haven Joe posted:This must be a surprise and shock to CSX's private shareholders ...
Selloff of CSX shares Friday on news Harrison was taking unplanned medical leave bears that out.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/csx/?p=csx
Sad news whether one is a shareholder or not.
What, me worry?
In spite of fake news and alternative facts, but you can't fool the grim reaper!
This is sad news, no matter what folks opinion of Hunter Harrison was, 73 is really a young age in today’s terms. I am sure railroads are have their own issues, being CEO would be very stressful, even more than we could imagine, but in terms of age, 73 is young. Thanks for the news...
Some will shed a tear.
Others will hire a band.
PRRMike posted:Legendary railroad figure Hunter Harrison passed away after battling an unexplained illness.
Perhaps his death had something to do with his need for the oxygen tubes running to his nose?
Stuart
He got out of a bad situation where derailments are happening frequently.
Andrew
New Haven Joe posted:This must be a surprise and shock to CSX's private shareholders especially after paying him $84 million a few months ago. It would be interesting to know if he was ill and hid his condition from the shareholders / board before he joined CSX.
NH Joe
I do not know if this violates medical laws, but a BOD having a med report of the person they are hiring as head may be a good idea. A heart attack or stroke could happen later, of course. But such a report would highlight the present conditions.
This forum is much more gracious than some of the others I monitor in regard to EHH. This is to your credit.
Originally posted by Alfred E. Neuman:
Selloff of CSX shares Friday on news Harrison was taking unplanned medical leave bears that out.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/csx/?p=csx
I will see what happens on Monday and maybe "jump in"
Suicide, really? The guy was on oxygen tanks for crying out loud and anybody that that goes that far in business and does what he does isn’t bothered by questions from the government. I’m sure he has a slew of lawyers at the ready for these things and I wouldn’t be surprised if he was planning on using the CSX legal department.
Rob Leese posted:This forum is much more gracious than some of the others I monitor in regard to EHH. This is to your credit.
Most definitely..Trains magazine comment section
I read the TRAINS comments-wow !! In my 40 years working as a salesman for multiple companies I learned a lot about companies, especially when they were sold. Not pretty. I was always customer and service oriented and fought many a battle for the customer. As for working as a hatchet man for a bunch of investors chasing the all mighty dollar, he gets no respect or sadness at his passing. May his journey be on rough track with lots of red signals and slow orders.
