Posts by Gil Lamphere
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School Reform: A New Report Card for Service Levels
The time has come. Parents (Shareholders), Teachers (CEOs), Principals (Board of Directors), Students (Railroad Managements), and Boards of Education (STB) need a more descriptive report card—and the latter may demand…
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What Sticks, What Doesn’t
A Class I railroad delivers Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) of 13.5%-14.5% assuming a stable stock market. The assumptions are 3.5%-4% price increases, 2% volume increase tied to GNP growth and…
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The ‘One-Trick Pony’: Past, Present, Future
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a One-Trick Pony was foaled. His parents named him “PSR.” He had many attributes, so it was unfair that he was labeled a…
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Why Intermodal Isn’t Everything It’s Cracked Up to Be
Memorandum To: CEOs, Boards of Directors, Institutional InvestorsBcc: All operating personnel, finance, marketing, HR, investor relationsFrom: Gil LamphereSubject: Intermodal – The Real Story “Attention class! Boys and girls! Sharpen your pencils. Today you take a test.…