I have no dog is this fight. You're the one who said "From everything I have heard, he is in the opinion of many industry insiders one of the shadiest railroaders in the country." A statement like that cries out for facts to support it. I have no facts to contribute, only hearsay that there was some kind of fracas but that there were two sides to the argument. At the last ASLRA convention (or whatever they call it since the merger with the regional railroad group) I heard nothing negative about Ed, but perhaps I didn't ask the right questions.
JBW