South Shore names Fox president
Written by jrood
The Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad said that Henry Lampe, president and CEO, would retire at the end of October 2010. Succeeding him will be Andrew Fox, managing director of Pacific Harbor Line and former PHL president since 1997.
Lampe has been CSS
president since 2005, when he joined the railroad after 35 years with the Santa
Fe and BNSF railways. He will continue as a member of the management committee.
Fox will become CSS
president effective September 1 and he and Lampe will have a two-month
transition before becoming CEO, effective October 31. Fox will also continue as
managing director of Pacific Harbor Line. He joined PHL following a 23-year
career with Southern Pacific, where he held various posts in the operating, finance
and executive departments. Fox has a B.S. degree in civil engineering and an
MBA, both from Northwestern University.
Headquartered in Michigan City, Ind.,
the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad operates 127 route miles of
line providing rail freight service between Chicago and South Bend. It is an
affiliate of Anacostia & Pacific Company.
Anacostia Chairman Peter
Gilbertson said, "Henry has led significant improvements at CSS in the areas of
safety, operating efficiency, improving our commercial and political
relationships, and in positioning the railroad strategically. We wish him all
the best in his retirement and look forward to his continuing counsel."
Gilbertson added, "Andrew
has done a superb job building PHL, which serves the ports of Long Beach and
Los Angeles, into the premier U.S. port-railroad franchise. We look forward to
his building on Henry’s success at CSS."
Anacostia & Pacific
Company is a rail development and consulting firm based in Chicago.
