Keith Creel
7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 29, 2022 by Keith Creel · across every show →
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Nov 29, 2022 positive
Nov 29, 2022 positive
Creel: Bill Ackman offered $200M when asked for $100M in unplanned capex
“I went into the board meeting, and I said, we have an issue. For me to optimize my service, I've got to run west out of Saskatoon, not east, but I need a hundred million dollars to spend on rail and ties and ballasts, and that was not planned for at all, and B…”
Nov 29, 2022 negative
Creel: Leaving rail cars behind causes compounding weekly network inefficiencies
“Well, if on Tuesday, I miss 10 cars, well, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, that pressure builds up, and I have more trains than I have capacity, more demand cars than I have trains to move it on. Going back to what I said, one train a day, It's all defined on …”
Nov 29, 2022 positive
Creel: Asset utilization teams must maintain tension with marketing, not harmony
“So this one particular group, I call them they maintain the tension in an organization. They're not about harmony. They're about doing the right thing. So they have to assess the marketing opportunities, and in turn, they sign off on, we have the capacity, whe…”
Nov 29, 2022
Creel: Locomotives Cost $2M-$3M Each and Require 2-3 Mechanics to Maintain
“500 additional locomotives, well, just in capital expense alone, they cost two to three million dollars apiece, and then you've got to have two or three mechanics per locomotive to maintain them, you've got to have repair parts”
Nov 29, 2022 positive
Creel: The ideal rail siding design is 12,000 feet every 15 miles
“The perfect design, or at least in my 30 years of experience doing this, is having a 10 or 12,000 foot siding every 15 miles. That allows you the right spacing to be able to sequence trains, run long trains, make train meets, and still be efficient.”