Railroader of the Year Archives

March 19, 2013
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UP’s Koraleski accepts Railroader of the Year Award on behalf of Jim Young

Union Pacific President and CEO Jack Koraleski accepted Railway Age’s 2013 Railroader of the Year Award on behalf of company chairman James R. Young during a March 12 ceremony at Chicago’s Union League Club.

January 02, 2013
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UNION PACIFIC CHAIRMAN JAMES R. YOUNG NAMED RAILROADER OF THE YEAR

January 2, 2013: James R. Young, Chairman of Union Pacific Corporation, has been named 2013 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal Railway Age.

December 12, 2012
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Obituary: Dr. William J. Harris, 94

Dr. William J. Harris, who contributed to several industry improvements and who served with the Association of American Railroads from 1970 to 1985, died Dec. 5 at age 94 at his home in East Falmouth, Mass.

January 19, 2012
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Kansas City Southern President and CEO David L. Starling named Railway Age Railroader of the Year

David L. Starling, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kansas City Southern, has been named 2012 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal Railway Age.

January 03, 2011
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A railroader’s Railroader of the Year

vantuono96x72 In his own words, Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman, Railway Age’s 2011 Railroader of the Year, was a kid who loved trains.