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^[1][2] (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)^[3]
• 1979 – Theodore C. Lutz (WMATA)
• 1980 – John G. German (MP)
• 1981 – Lawrence Cena (ATSF)
• 1982 – A. Paul Funkhouser (FL)
• 1983 – L. Stanley Crane^[1][2] (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)^[4][5]
• 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)^[6]
• 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)^[3][7]
• 2008 – Steve Tobias (NS)
• 2009 – Michael J. Ward (CSX)
• 2010 – Matthew K. Rose (BNSF)^[8]
• 2011 – Wick Moorman (NS)^[8]
• 2012 – David L. Starling (KCS)
• 2013 – Joseph H. Boardman (Amtrak)

References

Notes

1. L. Stanley Crane, elected in 1978 as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering
2. L. Stanley Crane, (born in Cincinnati, 1915) raised in Washington, lived in McLean before moving to Philadelphia in 1981. He began his career with Southern Railway after graduating from The George Washington University with a chemical engineering degree in 1938. He worked for the railroad, except for a stint from 1959 to 1961 with the Pennsylvania Railroad, until reaching the company's mandatory retirement age in 1980. Crane went to Conrail in 1981 after a distinguished career that had seen him rise to the position of CEO at the Southern Railway. He died of pneumonia on July 15, 2003 at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Florida
3. "Railway Age's Railroader of the Year - Bill Wimmer: Building Union Pacific". Railway Age Magazine. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
4. "Railroader of the year: SP's Ed Moyers. (Southern Pacific chief executive officer) (Cover Story)". Railway Age. January 1, 1995.
5. "Former Railroad CEO Ed Moyers dies at 77". Railway Age: 17. July 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
6. 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.
7. "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.
8. "Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman named Railway Age Railroader of the Year". Railway Age. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.

Bibliography

• Canadian National Railway (2005), E. Hunter Harrison: President and Chief Executive Officer. Retrieved December 1, 2005
• Railway Age (November 18, 2005), Late Breaking Rail Industry News: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association President Richard F. Timmons named Railway Age Railroader of the Year. Retrieved November 30, 2005.
• "Hunter Harrison presented Railroader of the Year Award - Rail Update - executive vice president and chief operating officer of Canadian National/Illinois Central - Brief Article". Railway Age. April 2002. Retrieved 2007-01-13.