Harriman Gold Medal Award Winner

“Last year was the safest in history for the rail employees of the nation’s railroad industry,” Edward R. Hamberger, president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Railroads told a luncheon in Washington at which 12 railroads with the best employee safety records for 2003 were recognized through presentation of the annual E.H. Harriman Memorial Safety Awards.

Gold, silver and bronze medal awards went to companies in three groups of line-haul railroads, and to a fourth group of switching and terminal companies. Norfolk Southern Corporation took top honors for the fourteenth consecutive year in Group A, comprised of line-haul railroads whose employees worked 15 million employee-hours or more during the award year. In this category, the silver award went to CSX Transportation while Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway took the bronze. In Group B, line-haul railroads with 4 to 15 million employee-hours, Illinois Central (Canadian National) took the gold medal, after winning the silver medal last year. Metra, the Chicago commuter railroad, took the silver medal, while Kansas City Southern won the bronze medal. In Group C, line-haul railroads with fewer than 4 million employee-hours, Guilford Rail System took the gold medal after winning the silver medal a year ago. The silver medal went to the Elgin Joliet and Eastern, while the Paducah and Louisville earned the bronze for the second consecutive year. For Group S&T, switching and terminal companies, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, an incredible industry achievement. Conrail Shared Assets was named winner of the silver medal, while the Belt Railway of Chicago took the bronze medal.

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