by Jonny Bolt
cpf354 wrote:Maybe so, but the overall management of Gillfid throughout the years has brought about its own dismay, including things like this. I mean, in my estimation and honest opinion, I cannot think of any other industry or trade where this style of management & operation would've been kept intact for this long with the loss of so many cutomers, both current and potential, amongst other things. Certain individuals REPEATEDLY prove to us that bad business practices rule at Gillfid....err "Pan Am". Gillfid often reminded of one of those "Where's the damn money going" businesses......maybe some pockets are being lined, but the overall consensus is that Gillfid isn't one of the best operated and represented railroads lol. When you have the wrong people running the operation, things usually tend not to go smoothly.Jonny Bolt wrote:LMAO, Gillfid is a riot. Looks like everyone got "Finked" again.Oh please, enough Guilford bashing!Guilford was the big loser here. The revenue generated by the auto rack traffic was pretty substantial. This isn't a situation like the oft-discussed handful of carloads a week Watertown Branch customer. They lost the traffic because CSX shifted the unloading to their own Framingham facility. As may have been discussed before, the auto traffic depends solely on which carrier has the contract with the manufacturer. CSX has Ford, plus a number of others. There wasn't anything Guilford could do about it. They don't have any assembly plants on line. They wanted to expand at the Willows in the hope NS would be getting a contract to haul auto racks; the Hoosac Tunnel clearances were improved to allow covered racks, but NS hasn't brought them the traffic. So is that the fault of Mellon and Fink? They can be justly tarred and feathered for a lot of things, but not this.
Good points too John!
