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Hunter Harrison sells CP shares for $26.9 million

(Source: Globe and Mail, January 26, 2017) TORONTO — Hunter Harrison has sold his shares in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., shortly after quitting as chief executive officer of the Calgary company to pursue the top job at Florida-based railway CSX Corp. Mr. Harrison...

CSX shareholder backs Harrison for CEO as activist swoops in

(Source: Reuters, January 25, 2017) NEW YORK — A Neuberger Berman LLC portfolio manager has thrown her support behind a plan to put railroad industry veteran Hunter Harrison into CSX Corp’s CEO chair with the help of an activist investor. Full story: Business...

CSX investors all ears for Hunter Harrison pitch

(Source: Bloomberg, January 25, 2017) NEW YORK — If most CSX Corp. investors are like Sandy Pomeroy and T.J. McConville, Hunter Harrison will probably have a fourth railroad to run. Pomeroy, a fund manager with Neuberger Berman Group, backs Harrison taking over as...

CSX plans $2.2 billion capital program for 2017

(Source: Railway Track & Structures, January 24, 2017) NEW YORK — CSX revealed a preliminary 2017 capital investment of $2.2 billion during its Fourth Quarter earnings call on Jan. 18. Full story: Railway Track & Structures

Opinion: Does CSX need the HH cure?

(Source: Railway Age opinion column by William C. Vantuono, January 24, 2017) NEW YORK — First, let me make this perfectly clear: Two-time Railway Age Railroader of the Year E. Hunter Harrison (2002, CN/Illinois Central; 2015, Canadian Pacific) is one of our...

CSX may not be the only target for Hunter Harrison

(Source: Associated Press, January 24, 2017) OMAHA, Neb. — The terms of Hunter Harrison’s separation agreement with Canadian Pacific prohibits him from working at Canadian National, Union Pacific or BNSF railroads. But in addition to CSX, it also allows him to jump to...

Can a 72-year-old railroad legend do it again with CSX?

(Source: Fortune, January 21, 2017) NEW YORK — On January 19, Hunter Harrison, the septuagenarian CEO of Canadian Pacific, announced that he’ll depart in less than two weeks, months ahead of his scheduled retirement on June 30. Press accounts, including an...