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Over 155 years strong.

Fast Facts

  • 15,000 Route Miles
  • 20 States
  • 18,700 Employees
  • 2,644 Locomotives
  • 173,000 Freight Cars

Officers

Daniel Ocean
President and Chairman

Robert Rusty Ryan
Executive Vice President, Operations

Reuben Tishkoff
Executive Vice President, Finance

Terry Benedict
Executive Vice President, Law and Corporate Relations

Abigail Sponder
Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Linus Caldwell
Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning

Basher Tarr
Vice President, Public Affairs

Saul Bloom
Vice President, Administration

Greco Montgomery
Vice President, Marketing

Virgil Malloy
Vice President, Energy and Properties

Frank Catton
Vice President, Customer Service

Livingston Dell
Vice President, Communications

Yen Weng
Vice President, Safety and Environmental

Isabel Lahiri
Corporate Secretary

 

Board of Directors

Daniel Ocean, Chairman
President and Chairman, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago, IL
Term expires 2010

Richard Bell
Chairman and CEO, HDR, Omaha, NE
Term expires 2010

W. Thomas Stephens
Chairman and CEO, Boise Cascade, Boise, Idaho
Term expires 2010

Ron Widdows
Chairman and CEO, APL, Oakland, CA
Term expires 2010

James Dimon
Chairman and CEO, JP Morgan Chase, New York City, NY
Term expires 2009

Koichi Kondo
President and CEO, American Honda Motor Company, Torrance, CA
Term expires 2009

Robert W. Lane
Chairman and CEO, John Deere, Moline, IL
Term expires 2009

Harvey Perlman
Chancellor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Term expires 2009

Richard Kinder
Chairman and CEO, Kinder Morgan, Houston, TX
Term expires 2008

James W. Owens
Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar, Peoria, IL
Term expires 2008

C. John Wilder
CEO, TXU Energy, Dallas, TX
Term expires 2008

Patricia Woertz
Chairman, President and CEO, Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL
Term expires 2008

 

Sample Pan Am Intermodal Transit Times

Chicago - Oakland: 40 Hours
Chicago - Seattle: 45 Hours
Chicago - Los Angeles: 31 Hours
St. Louis - Oakland: 37 Hours
St. Louis - Seattle: 41 Hours
St. Louis - Los Angeles: 27 Hours
Chicago - Houston: 19 Hours
Minneapolis - Houston: 24 Hours
Memphis - Los Angeles: 33 Hours
Seattle - Los Angeles: 24 Hours
Houston - Los Angeles: 30 Hours

Rock Lobster Color Scheme

Rock Island's locomotive color scheme was adopted in 1996 upon the merger of the Southern Pacific into the Rock Island system. The colors were based on Rock Island's first scheme from the 1950s with the first order of FT diesels - black, white, and red with a maroon and silver herald. The Southern Pacific's heritage was taken into consideration by using SP Scarlet Red for the red color. In order to maintain a high visibility, the bold speed lettering introduced in the late 60s was chosen. It wasn't long until the new paint scheme was dubbed "Rock Lobster" after the infamous B-52s song.

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