When Rodney Fisk Plots a Takeover, It Isn't a Big Deal --- Would-Be Icahn's Hostile Bid For a Dinky Railroad Line Involves Principles and $10
PRINCETON, N.J. -- This, says Rodney A. Fisk, is no way to run a railroad.</br></br>He points to the dirty, littered passenger car. He gripes about surly, "overpaid" train crews. He labels the line's owner "wretched" and its customer-service standards befitting a "Soviet meat market."</br></br>Yes, sir. If Rodney Fisk ran this railroad, things sure would be different.</br></br>Just another crabby commuter? No, Mr. Fisk really wants to run this railroad -- so badly that he is hounding its owner with what he calls "a hostile takeover offer" for the line. Never mind that the 47-year-old part-time town councilman and full-time landlord has never worked on a railroad. Or that he's offering only $10. Total.</br></br>We're not talking Orient Express here. This is the Dinky.