Re: It Was Only A Matter of Time
Author: Great Northern & Hamm's Beer Fan
Date: 05-27-2021 - 19:19
"So tell me how they played tribute to straight white men."
Oh wow, you really are not paying attention.
Davidson Yard in Texas - UP CEO Dick Davidson.
Harriman Dispatch Center - UP President Edward H Harriman
JR Davis Yard in Roseville, CA - UP Chief Operating Officer
Moorman Yard in Bellevue, OH - Norfolk Southern President Charles "Wick" Moorman
Moffat Tunnel in Colorado - Denver & Rio Grande President David Moffat
Stevens Tunnel in Washington - GN Principal Engineer John Frank Stevens
C.P. Huntington locomotive - One of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific, later was with Southern Pacific. Also was with C & O and the City of Huntington was named after him.
Passenger Trains
Amtrak Benjamin Franklin
Amtrak Ethan Allen Express
Am
C & O Pere Marquette
CB & Q General Pershing Zephyr
CB & Q Mark Twain Zephyr
GN, BN & Amtrak Empire Builder (named for James Hill)
GM & O and Amtrak Abraham Lincoln
NH The Nathan Hale
NYC Commodore Vanderbilt
NYC, PC and Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley
NYC Paul Revere