Rail Roundup: Promotions and appointments
New appointees are freight rail veterans
0 258 4 minutes read New appointments over the past week. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Short line operator Pioneer Lines appoints leaders
Pioneer Lines, a short line operator based in Denver, has a new chief financial officer and chief commercial officer.
Thirty-year industry veteran Thomas “Tom” Hurlbut has become the new CFO for Pioneer. Hurlbut recently served at Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), where he performed roles including vice president and controller and interim CFO. He also served as vice president of audit and compliance, where he oversaw the ethics compliance program, and assistant vice president of network planning and optimization profitability, in which he observed Norfolk Southern’s implementation of precision scheduled railroading. Hurlbut replaces Carrie Genualdi, who retired in May after a career in the railroad industry.
Brian E. Gorton
Brian E. Gorton, who began his career in 1987 as a Conrail conductor, has returned to his “home railroad” as President and Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Timothy C. Tierney, who is retiring after nearly 43 years in the railroad industry.
Gorton advanced to Assistant Terminal Superintendent before departing “Big Conrail” in 1998, prior to CSX and Norfolk Southern splitting it up 58%/42%. (Conrail then transitioned to Conrail Shared Assets LLC, a neutral terminal and switching service provider for co-owners CSX and NS operating in Detroit, Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia and Northern New Jersey. Conrail also serves shippers and receivers located within its operating territories.) Gorton went to the Union Pacific, where he served in various capacities within the Transportation department. Most recently, he was the General Manager of UP’s Houston and Gulf Coast Service Units. He was responsible for all aspects of rail operations for a territory that enc