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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts) Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:59 PM Jun 2017

Amtrak names new chief executive

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Hat tip, Ethan Klapper: https://twitter.com/ethanklapper

He retweeted this:

Amtrak welcomes new CEO Richard Anderson. http://bit.ly/2tbTiNv

Link to tweet

Amtrak names new chief executive
By Lori Aratani June 26 at 1:35 PM

Amtrak has named Richard Anderson, the former chief executive of Delta and Northwest airlines, as its new president and CEO.

The announcement comes less than a year into the tenure Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, who took over as the passenger railroad’s chief executive in September 2016. In a recent meeting with The Washington Post’s editorial board, Moorman had indicated that his role would be to serve as a “transitional CEO,” working to reorganize and streamline Amtrak’s operations before turning it over to new leadership.

{Amtrak named Charles W. “Wick" Moorman as its new President and CEO}

Anderson will begin his new job July 12 — just a few days after Amtrak launches an ambitious rebuilding program at New York’s Pennsylvania Station. As part of the transition, he and Moorman will serve as co-CEO’s through Dec. 31, 2017, officials said.
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Lori Aratani writes about how people live, work and play in the D.C. region for The Post’s Transportation and Development team. Follow @loriara

ETA, 2:55: Passenger Trains > New Amtrak CEO

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Amtrak names new chief executive (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 OP

His new job is to kill Amtrak...privatize the $$$ making routes, let the others die off Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #1

Oh Boy. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #2

Indeed. Got NWA in bankruptcy to squeeze concessions question everything Jun 2017 #3

Was there when this went down. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #4

AMTRAK needs o be scrapped and Hieronymus Jul 2017 #5

Freethinker65

(11,139 posts)

1. His new job is to kill Amtrak...privatize the $$$ making routes, let the others die off

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 26, 2017, 01:01 PM

Jun 2017

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Oh Boy.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 26, 2017, 02:04 PM

Jun 2017

This Slug will set Amtrak up to be given to Phil Anschutz who owns Union Pacific Railroad. This Anschutz has been waiting years for this. One of the people who is stopping Californians from getting high speed rail service both between LA and SF as well as LA to Vegas.

BTW,Anderson did a real trip on the folks at NWA as well as Delta. Kiss this thing good bye.

Your Amtrak Trip today will be sponsored by your friends at Comcast.

question everything

(48,813 posts)

3. Indeed. Got NWA in bankruptcy to squeeze concessions

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 11:32 AM

Jun 2017

from pilots and flight attendants. And then "got out" of bankruptcy with his millions and then "merged" it with Delta while many at MSP lost jobs.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. Was there when this went down.

Reply to question everything (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 12:39 PM

Jun 2017

Checky and Wilson set this NWA deal up to fail from the get go. Close acquaintance was one of the B.A.'s for the Stew's. Slow motion train wreck right out of the gate. When Anderson came on board,thinking people knew what the game was and it did play out.

BTW,Anshutz has been able to accumulate Dozens of Passenger Coaches for his Privatized operations. There are stored in California and some in South Eastern Colorado. Rail Fans have been eye balling these for years.

Hieronymus

(6,039 posts)

5. AMTRAK needs o be scrapped and

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 5, 2017, 05:39 PM

Jul 2017

replaced with high speed. You couldn't get me on an AMTRAK train.
I loved trains as a boy and still love the ones in Europe.

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