Tom O'Connor Group

Economic and management consulting firm

Monthly Archives: July, 2012

Strategic Alliance

The Tom O’Connor Group focuses on transportation and logistics.  Tom O’Connor has been a principal of the Snavely King organization for more than two decades. Snavely King was  organized into two groups during much of this time: The Utilities Group and the Transportation Group. The Transportation Group proposed separating the two groups into two distinct …

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Casualties and insurance costs on US railroads

An area near Columbus, Ohio was evacuated on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 2:05 a.m. CDT after 16 cars of a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailed. NTSB board member Earl F. Weener said the agency had a 12-person team reviewing data from the early-morning derailment on the Norfolk Southern Corp. tracks, north of downtown. …

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3 stories and 9 ideas

Selections by Tom OConnor skmoltom2@aol.com     “Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner. ~Amy Bloom        “We all want to be good The human quest “to be good” …

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