Benjamin W. Heineman - Wikipedia
He became president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) in 1956, leading the railroad through a series of difficult cost-cutting measures that returned the railroad to solvency.
What would Ben Heineman do? - Classic Trains Magazine
Aug 6, 2020 · Heineman was a rare railroad executive who understood the liabilities of running commuter trains, realized they couldn’t last forever without transfer to public ownership, and, yet, if obligated, was hell-bent on running the best ones possible. Heineman’s accomplishments are …
UP Overhead Traffic Shift Away From C&NW - RAILROAD.NET
Mar 4, 2011 · Ben Heinemann was the Darth Vader of Granger Railroads (can I say that here?). His concept of competition was to buy your competitor and shut him down, employees and public be damned. The Milwaukee Road's Chicago-Omaha mainline is now gone.
Benjamin W. “Ben” Heineman (1914-2012) - Find a Grave
Benjamin W. Heineman-He was an attorney and American railroad executive. Heineman first attended the University of Michigan (1930-1933), and later attended Northwestern's school of law. He first gained attention in the railroad industry in 1954, when he orchestrated a successful proxy battle for control of the...
Former Chicago & North Western chairman Ben Heineman dies
Sep 23, 2014 · Mr. Heineman pursued business strategies in the 1960’s and 70’s that were not favorable to the creation of shortlines to serve as feeders to the CNW, and his attitude was to “protect CNW territory from encroachment” by other Class 1 carriers.
CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
A startling turnaround began when Ben W. Heineman was named chairman of the company in April of 1956. Heineman, a lawyer, was only 42 years old at the time and relatively new to the railroad business.
CNW and abandonments - Page 2 - RAILROAD.NET
Jun 24, 2013 · Not only would Ben Heineman reach his two goals of connecting to Kansas City and eliminating competition in saturated Iowa and southern Minnesota, but both roads would benefit greatly as a whole new region of traffic was funneled through the Rock to the Southern Pacific at Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Backstory: Rebel with a Cause: A talk with Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
Jun 14, 2016 · His father, Ben W. Heineman, Sr., who died in 2012 at the age of 98, was a singular figure who pursued roles in law, business and government during an extraordinary career. Indeed, to hear those who knew him talk, such as Joseph A. Califano, Jr., President Lyndon Johnson’s chief domestic aide, he was the embodiment of the lawyer-statesman ...
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I wonder if Ben W. Heineman used some of the same tactics on the MSTL that he later employed on CNW? Wall Street Journal (Sept. 12, 1955) reported on MSTL Chairman Heineman's remarks at a meeting of the New York Society of Security Analysists.
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Ben Heineman Don Vaughn #5499 First, one should be careful as to tones. Yes, I never drew a check from any railroad, so am connected due the fact my father was a CNW employee for a short time after July 1, 1968. ...