Ed Harris reunites with Jim Foote as CSX's new vice president of operations

US railroad CSX has appointed Edmond Harris as executive vice president of operations.

Mr Harris brings four decades of experience to CSX, including nearly 20 years at Illinois Central and Canadian National, working alongside the late Hunter Harrison on the precision scheduled railroading model.

He went on to Canadian Pacific as chief operations officer and more recently served as a senior adviser to Global Infrastructure Partners, alongside his duties as chairman of Omnitrax Rail Network and a director of Universal Rail Services. He also had recent ...