When I think of the life and legacy of the 21st Century railroad empire builder and most visible proponent of precision railroad scheduling, E. Hunter Harrison, I consider the final weeks of the life of William the Conqueror. That railroad baron wannabe spread his STD, that is, Surface Transportation Disorder of Precision Scheduled Railroading, PSR, from CN to Canadian Pacifice railroad and finally to CSX Transportation. We could have hoped it stopped there but no. PSR is now spreading to Union Pacific. Here's a definition of Precision Scheduled Railroading, PSR, from Progressive Railroading "PSR is designed to improve service reliability, boost operating efficiency and reduce network complexity by shifting the operational focus from moving trains to moving individual rail cars. The goals: minimize car dwell time and classification events, reduce locomotive requirements and balance train movements to improve crew and asset utilization." Here's what it rea...
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