Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX reopens locomotive shop at Barr Yard

http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/mechanical/locomotives/csx-re-opens-chicago-locomotive-shop.html

This kind of reminds me of a story I believe Ed Ellis told when he still had his Trains Magazine column. "The way you get ahead in railroad management"; You make a proposal showing that closing a particular facility will save the company x-millions per year. Get promoted and then make a proposal showing how reopening the same facility will save the company x-millions of dollars per year. Rinse and repeat.....

it's certainly not unique to railroad leadership - especially when performance incentives are involved..

junctiontower Wrote:
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> This kind of reminds me of a story I believe Ed
> Ellis told when he still had his Trains Magazine
> column. "The way you get ahead in railroad
> management"; You make a proposal showing that
> closing a particular facility will save the
> company x-millions per year. Get promoted and then
> make a proposal showing how reopening the same
> facility will save the company x-millions of
> dollars per year. Rinse and repeat.....

Railway age states " When fully operational, the shop will have a staff of 23."

I am surprised at how few workers are involved for what it says it can do.

And yet they still won't clean the windows...

wheel_slip Wrote:
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> And yet they still won't clean the windows...

You're lucky enough to get a consist properly set up out the shop...none the less any defects repaired! Polish a turd and on it's way it goes!

junctiontower Wrote:
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> This kind of reminds me of a story I believe Ed
> Ellis told when he still had his Trains Magazine
> column. "The way you get ahead in railroad
> management"; You make a proposal showing that
> closing a particular facility will save the
> company x-millions per year. Get promoted and then
> make a proposal showing how reopening the same
> facility will save the company x-millions of
> dollars per year. Rinse and repeat.....

Kind of like when the closed Stanley Yard in Toledo. But I think that was reopened because trains were lined up south as far away as Wapakoneta. Overall I think reopening the yard saved money. Who really knows.

Definitely a step in the right direction. It is hard to believe it was closed in 1992, according to the article.

spike5343 Wrote:
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> wheel_slip Wrote:
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> > And yet they still won't clean the windows...
>
> You're lucky enough to get a consist properly set
> up out the shop...none the less any defects
> repaired! Polish a turd and on it's way it goes!


Sounds like the way SEPTA "maintains" its diesel "fleet!"

Glad to see the CSX making a smart move in the Chicago area. Would love to know the history of the decision making on this one. Barr is #1.

spike5343 Wrote:
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> wheel_slip Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And yet they still won't clean the windows...
>
> You're lucky enough to get a consist properly set
> up out the shop...none the less any defects
> repaired! Polish a turd and on it's way it goes!

Sounds like nobody I worked with is there any more.

TAW