• Robert R. Young, The New York Central and Norfolk Southern

  • Discussion relating to the NYC and subsidiaries, up to 1968. Visit the NYCS Historical Society for more information.
Discussion relating to the NYC and subsidiaries, up to 1968. Visit the NYCS Historical Society for more information.

Moderator: Otto Vondrak

  by AllThingsTrains
 
Norfolk Southern is fighting an Ohio-based activist investor, Ancora Holdings, who is seeking to remove CEO Alan Shaw and implement a host of changes at the Atlanta-based carrier. But years ago, Robert R. Young trod the same path with his efforts to take over the New York Central, which resulted in Al Perlman coming to 230 Park Avenue. In today's episode of The All Aboard Podcast, I talk Young, the NYC, and what happens when other activist investors go by train!

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