Railroader of the Year
Railroader of the Year is an annual award presented to a North American railroad industry worker by trade journal Railway Age. The award was first presented in 1964 by trade journal Modern Railroads and has continued through the magazine acquisition in 1992 to the present.
Past recipients of this award include:
- 1964 – D. William Brosnan (SOU)
- 1965 – Stuart T. Saunders (PRR)
- 1966 – Stuart T. Saunders (PRR)
- 1967 – Louis W. Menk (NP)
- 1968 – William B. Johnson (IC)
- 1969 – John W. Barriger III (Monon, P&LE, MKT)
- 1970 – John Shedd Reed (ATSF)
- 1971 – Jervis Langdon, Jr. (PC)
- 1972 – Charles Luna (United Transportation Union)
- 1973 – James W. Germany (SP)
- 1974 – L. Stanley Crane (SOU)
- 1975 – Frank E. Barnett (UP)
- 1976 – William J. Harris, Jr. (Association of American Railroads)
- 1977 – Edward G. Jordan (CR)
- 1978 – Robert M. Brown (UP)
- 1979 – Theodore C. Lutz (WMATA)
- 1980 – John G. German (MP)
- 1981 – Lawrence Cena (ATSF)
- 1982 – A. Paul Funkhouser (FL)
- 1983 – L. Stanley Crane (SOU, CR)
- 1984 – Hays T. Watkins (CSX)
- 1985 – John L. Cann (CN)
- 1986 – Raymond C. Burton, Jr. (Trailer Train Corporation)
- 1987 – Willis B. Kyle (Kyle Railways)
- 1988 – Darius W. Gaskins, Jr. (BN)
- 1989 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (Amtrak)
- 1990 – Arnold B. McKinnon (NS)
- 1991 – Mike Walsh (UP)
- 1992 – William H. Dempsey (Association of American Railroads)
- 1993 – Raymond C. Burton, Jr. (TTX Corporation)
- 1994 – L. S. “Jake” Jacobson (Copper Basin Railway)
- 1995 – Edward L. Moyers (SP)[1][2]
- 1996 – Robert D. Krebs (ATSF) and Gerald Grinstein (BN)
- 1997 – Paul M. Tellier (CN)
- 1998 – David R. Goode (NS)
- 1999 – Edward Burkhardt (WC)
- 2000 – The Railroad Worker (the award for 2000 was changed to "Railroader of the Century")
- 2001 – Mike Haverty (ATSF, KCS)
- 2002 – E. Hunter Harrison (BN, IC, CN)
- 2003 – Richard K. Davidson (UP)[3]
- 2004 – Robert J. Ritchie (CP)
- 2005 – David R. Goode (NS)
- 2006 – Richard F. Timmons (American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
- 2007 – Bill Wimmer (UP)[4]
- 2008 – Steve Tobias (NS)
- 2009 – Michael J. Ward (CSX)
- 2010 – Matthew K. Rose (BNSF)[5]
- 2011 – Wick Moorman (NS)[5]
- 2012 – David L. Starling (KCS)
- 2013 – James R. Young (UP)
- 2014 – Joseph H. Boardman (Amtrak)
- 2015 – E. Hunter Harrison (CP)
- 2016 – Carl Ice (BNSF)
References
Notes
- ↑ "Railroader of the year: SP's Ed Moyers. (Southern Pacific chief executive officer) (Cover Story)". Railway Age. January 1, 1995.
- ↑ "Former Railroad CEO Ed Moyers dies at 77". Railway Age: 17. July 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
- ↑ Vantuono, William C. (January 2003). "Union Pacific's Dick Davidson: managing a 33,000-mile factory—with no roof - Railroader of the Year - Company Profile". Railway Age. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
- ↑ "Union Pacific Vice President-Engineering Bill Wimmer Named Railway Age Railroader Of The Year" (Press release). Union Pacific Railroad. 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- 1 2 "Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman named Railway Age Railroader of the Year". Railway Age. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
Bibliography
- Vantuono, William C. (2016-01-07). "BNSF'S CARL R. ICE NAMED RAILROADER OF THE YEAR". Railway Age. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
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