L. S. “Jake” Jacobson

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Mr. Jacobson served 29 years with the Union Pacific Railroad and is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of the Copper Basin Railway of Hayden, Arizona.

Mr. Jacobson was named Railway Age's Railroader of the Year in 1994, and Railroader of the Century in 2000.

The American Shortline safety award is named after him: The Jake Award. Since 2000, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has sponsored these awards.

[edit] References

• Welty, Gus (January 1994). "Jake Jacobson: a profile in courage". Railway Age. 
• "ASLRRA presents "Jake Awards" - American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association" (October 2000). Railway Age. 
• American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Preceded by Raymond C. Burton, Jr. (TTX)

Railroader of the Year 1994

Succeeded by Edwin Moyers (SP)