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  • Response to "Is UPRR getting a new President?": Guest Blogger

    In the past the individual promoted to the President’s position came from the Operating Department. Mike Walsh was the exception, in recent history: no railroad experience at all, but he had the ability to excite Wall Street. We did not operate any better. He shook up the organizational chart and changed the names of all the traditional operating jobs (i.e.: Trainmasters became Managers of Train Operations, Road Foreman of Engines became Managers of Operating Practices, etc…). Also, he told his Operating top officers that never again would an Operating man become the President.

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  • Sandhouse Gossip—Is the Union Pacific getting a new President?

    It appears as though the Union Pacific is going to have a new President soon. Sources inside of the UP have indicated that Dennis Duffy will be named as the new head of the railroad. It looks as though Jim Young will keep the title of Chief Executive Officer. If this move were made it would be a step forward for the railroad.

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  • Some Comments From Our Readers

    Since we have disabled the feedback section (due to excessive spamming), we are going to post some of our readers comments on the front page. Please note: The comments made by our readers do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Railroaderblog or it’s staff. If you wish to make a comment on Railroaderblog, please email us at news@railroaderblog.com and we will consider your request. Please indicated in the email if you wish to remain anonymous on your publication.

    BY: A Reader From Utah

    It should be noted regarding UPRR Engineer training. The head training (aka) sim manager has never been near a locomotive or train for that matter!

    He did come from the IT dept. but couldn’t hire out as a basic Tech.
    This Sim Manager from the Great Salt Lake Training Center was a construction foreman. No degree, no certifications, never near a locomotive

    He did fall into a empty job once his construction job was abolished. And again. And yet again.

    No college, no degree, no experience, no certification.

    His team isn’t much different, most off of the street as contractors soon to be Harriman receiptants without consideration of inside employees.

    This is the way it is in the educational forefront of the UPRR Training dept of HR.

    By the way, public information indicates that Barb Shafer of HR has cashed in about 10 million of stock just recently!?

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Information Received from the Ohio BWC

Recently Railroaderblog received an email from an attorney representing Transportation Certification Services (TCS), Inc. from Kansas City. The email said, “…a vistor to the blog posted a response to the article “Union Pacific Railroad: Outsourced Training.” The vistor’s post is titled “TCS? A Good Thing?” The posting contains grossly incorrect information which we believe was posted with the specific intent of defaming TCS. On behalf of TCS demand is made for the immediate removal of the blog posting referenced in this message.” Well, Railroaderblog decided to investigate the allegations that were posted by the reader and we uncovered some interesting facts.

It appears as though Transportation Certification Services neglected to obtain a Ohio Workers Compensation Policy while crossing a picket line in Middletown Ohio. Yes, not only did they violate the law, but they crossed a Union picket line!

We would like to thank TCS and their attorney for bringing this to our attention. If it weren’t for their arrogance, we would have never know to investigate this story. There is much more to come on this story. We will keep you posted.

To read the entire Ohio BWC ruling, click here.

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