Railroader of the Year: Bill Wimmer: Building Union Pacific

This article offers a detailed biographical overview of Bill Wimmer, Vice President-Engineering at Union Pacific, and Railway Age Magazine’s Railroader of the Year for 2007. It describes his accomplishments in the railroad sector, beginning in 1957 with Chicago & North Western, to the present, including the last 33 years at Union Pacific (UP). In addition to covering the various stages of Wimmer’s career, the article also focuses on UP, including descriptions of UP’s rail, track maintenance, and engineering programs and operations. The article concludes with a look at UP’s Long Range Systems Plan, focusing on the technology investment component. Included is a discussion of UP’s plans for technology upgrades in the following areas: mobile hardware, Global Positioning System, automated inspection, wayside asset health monitoring, advanced asset modeling and design, business intelligence, GIS technology, maintenance of way equipment management, voice technologies, advanced digital video and imaging, and wireless communications technology.

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• Authors:
  • Vantuono, William C
• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 25-26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40-42, 44, 46-50, 52, 54-58
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 208
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: History; Maintenance of way; Maintenance of way cars; Management; Railroad engineering; Technological innovations
• Identifier Terms: Union Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042890
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 1:19PM