Railroader of the Year ist eine seit 1964 verliehene Auszeichnung in der nordamerikanischen Eisenbahnindustrie.

Die Auszeichnung wurde 1964 erstmals von der Zeitschrift Modern Railroads als „Man of the Year“ vergeben. Mit der Übernahme von Modern Railroads durch Railway Age 1991 wurde auch die Preisvergabe übernommen. Die feierliche Verleihung erfolgt Anfang März des folgenden Jahres im Chicago Union League Club.

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Nr. Jahr Name Organisation
1 1964 D. William Brosnan Southern Railway
2 1965 Stuart T. Saunders Pennsylvania Railroad
3 1966 Stuart T. Saunders Pennsylvania Railroad
4 1967 Louis W. Menk Northern Pacific Railway
5 1968 William B. Johnson Illinois Central Railroad
6 1969 John W. Barriger III Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
7 1970 John Shedd Reed Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
8 1971 Jervis Langdon Jr. Penn Central Transportation
9 1972 Charles Luna United Transportation Union
10 1973 James W. Germany Southern Pacific Transportation
11 1974 L. Stanley Crane Southern Railway
12 1975 Frank E. Barnett Union Pacific Railroad
13 1976 William J. Harris Jr. Association of American Railroads
14 1977 Edward G. Jordan Conrail
15 1978 Robert M. Brown Union Pacific Railroad
16 1979 Theodore C. Lutz Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
17 1980 John G. German Missouri Pacific Railroad
18 1981 Lawrence Cena Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
19 1982 A. Paul Funkhouser Family Lines Rail System
20 1983 L. Stanley Crane Conrail
21 1984 Hays T. Watkins CSX Corporation
22 1985 John L. Cann Canadian National Railway
23 1986 Raymond C. Burton, Jr. Trailer Train Corporation
24 1987 Willis B. Kyle Kyle Railways
25 1988 Darius W. Gaskins Jr. Burlington Northern Railroad
26 1989 W. Graham Claytor Amtrak
27 1990 Arnold B. McKinnon Norfolk Southern
28 1991 Michael H. Walsh Union Pacific Railroad
29 1992 William H. Dempsey Association of American Railroads
30 1993 Raymond C. Burton Jr. TTX Corporation
31 1994 L. S. Jacobson Copper Basin Railway
32 1995 Edward L. Moyers Southern Pacific Rail Corporation
33 1996 Robert D. Krebs
Gerald Grinstein
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington Northern Railroad
34 1997 Paul M. Tellier Canadian National Railway
35 1998 David R. Goode Norfolk Southern
36 1999 Edward Burkhardt Wisconsin Central Transportation
37 2000 The Railroad Worker (die Bahnarbeiter) als „Railroader of the Century“
38 2001 Michael R. Haverty Kansas City Southern
39 2002 E. Hunter Harrison Illinois Central Railroad
Canadian National Railway
40 2003 Richard K. Davidson Union Pacific Railroad
41 2004 Robert J. Ritchie Canadian Pacific Railway
42 2005 David R. Goode Norfolk Southern
43 2006 Richard F. Timmons American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
44 2007 William E. Wimmer Union Pacific Railroad
45 2008 Steve Tobias Norfolk Southern
46 2009 Michael J. Ward CSX Transportation
47 2010 Matthew K. Rose Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Corporation
48 2011 Charles W. Moorman Norfolk Southern
49 2012 David L. Starling Kansas City Southern
50 2013 James R. Young Union Pacific Railroad
51 2014 Joseph H. Boardman Amtrak
52 2015 E. Hunter Harrison Canadian Pacific Railway
53 2016 Carl R. Ice BNSF Railway
54 2017 Thomas F. Prendergast Metropolitan Transportation Authority
55 2018 John C. Hellmann Genesee and Wyoming
56 2019 Jean-Jacques Ruest Canadian National Railway
57 2020 Patrick J. Ottensmeyer Kansas City Southern
58 2021 Keith Creel Canadian Pacific Railway
59 2022 Patrick J. Ottensmeyer
Keith Creel
Kansas City Southern
Canadian Pacific Railway
60 2023 Kathryn M. Farmer BNSF Railway
61 2024 Tracy Robinson Canadian National Railway