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Crew Haulers Honored at Summit

2010-03-25

Crew hauler successes in 2009 and opportunities for 2010 were the focus of the recent Fifth Annual Crew Transportation Supplier Summit.

Held in Fort Worth, Texas, the summit helps improve alignment in safety, service and efficiencies. Participants included representatives of BNSF's primary contract crew haulers; Outsource Administrators Inc., the third-party company that manages the crew haulers; and BNSF.

Greg Fox, vice president, Transportation, and Paul Bischler, vice president and chief services officer, addressed the group as part of the summit.

The summit also celebrates the successes of the past year. Awards were given to the supplier with the best safety record and the BNSF divisions with the lowest incident ratio and most improved safety performances in 2009.

• Randall West, president and chief operating officer of RailCrew Xpress (RCX), was presented the Supplier Safety Performance Award for 2009.
• Stephen Dawson, UTU safety coordinator, accepted the award for the California Division for lowest incident ratio.
• Pat Engebrecht, UTU safety coordinator, received the most improved award for the Powder River Division.

Top picture, left to right: Jorge Rubio, RCX senior vice president, Operations; Susan Eitzen, RCX vice president, Operations; Todd Nicholson, BNSF general director, Strategic Sourcing; Randall West, RCX president and chief operating officer; and Shane Halter, RCX operation and safety specialist.

Middle picture, left to right: Stephen Dawson, BNSF UTU safety coordinator, California Division; and Todd Nicholson, BNSF general director, Strategic Sourcing.

Bottom picture, left to right: Pat Engebrecht, BNSF UTU safety coordinator, Colorado Division; and Paul Bischler, vice president and chief sourcing officer.

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