Railroad News

I received an email from a reader this past weekend. I disregarded all of the banter and threats, but I did want to respond to one question in the email. The question was: “…Why are you trying to harm the reputation of Jim Young?” Well, I’m not trying to harm anyone; moreover, I am only reporting what hasn’t been reported before…the truth. Railroad news has been watered down so much over the years because the information has always been provided by the railroads. Well, it’s a new day. There are some publications that tap dance around the truth, but they always miss the target. Is it because they could lose some advertising dollars? I don’t know, but I will tell you that Railroaderblog will always go after the story – no mater what!

The funny thing about this email was that the reader thought that I was directly targeting the Union Pacific Railroad and Jim Young. If the author of the email had bothered to read all the blogs, then he would have realized that we weren’t attacking anyone. We reported the news. Also, we reported similar news regarding other railroads and CEO’s. The author also forgot to read the good news regarding the railroad. Yes, we did report many good things that the railroad did. Unfortunately, the Union Pacific Railroad is the largest railroad and they seem to be more public than the other railroads. But, our reports came straight from the new wires and all we did was make some obvious observations. So, if Mr. Young is offended by some of our articles, then we must be doing something right.

Railroaderblogs mission statement was to “tell you like it is". We have researched many stories and all the information is verifiable. I thought that it was funny that one of our readers was so outraged by our observations of the UP and Mr. Young that he thought it necessary to write an email. The email was anonymous, but I did think that it was ironic that the writer was more concerned about the well being of a CEO who makes $15 million per year and is less concerned with the railroaders. Well, I feel differently. Railroaderblog welcomes all emails and comments and I thank the author of the email for his point of view. I was watching one of my favorite movies this weekend and I would like to leave you with a quote from the film:

“Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.”

–V