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NJ TRANSIT Continues 40th Anniversary Celebration with Employee Recognition

Twenty-eight employees have been with the railroad or its corporate predecessors since the initiation of Rail Operations service in 1983.

NJ TRANSIT Continues 40th Anniversary Celebration with Employee Recognition

In addition to this recognition, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations, NJ TRANSIT has partnered with The United Railroad Historical Society of NJ to operate a special excursion train entitled the “40th Anniversary Express.”

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As part of its 40th anniversary celebration of NJ TRANSIT Rail Operations, NJ TRANSIT honored the “Forty Year Club,” which consists of 28 employees who have been with the railroad or its corporate predecessors since the initiation of Rail Operations service in 1983.

At the latest Board of Directors meeting, a proclamation was presented to the group by NJDOT Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett, and Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Rail Operations James A. Sincaglia, according to the agency's news release.

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“Congratulations to these longtime dedicated NJ TRANSIT employees who are essential to the successful operation of our rail service,” said New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. “We applaud their decades of public service to the people of New Jersey.”

“Today, we recognize employees who have been instrumental to the success of NJ TRANSIT’s rail operations over the past 40 years,” said Corbett. “Their long-term commitment and dedication has been a cornerstone of our work to provide safe and reliable rail service to our customers.”

Honoring NJ TRANSIT Employees

The following rail service employees have 40 or more years of service (listed by year of hire):

1967

  • John Boyington, Block Operator

1968

  • Edward Jocelyn, Chief Engineer Signals

  • George Burke, System Power Supervisor

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1970

  • James Watson, Machinist

1972

  • Junus Eruhow, Signal Inspector

1973

  • Bobby Hill, Conductor

  • Andrew Mercogliano, Superintendent 

  • Donald Winters, Machinist

1976

  • Michael Kubicki, Maintainer

1977

  • Victor Sanchez, Locomotive Engineer

  • Andrew Youngclaus, Hoboken Car Shop Technician

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1978

  • Robert Younger Sr., Roving Bridge Operator

1979

  • Joseph McMahon, Track Foreman

  • Edward Clifford, Supervisor Communications & Signal

  • Lorna Day, Tech/Inspector

  • Gerald Thomas, Locomotive Engineer

  • Gregory Golden, Supervisor, Communications & Signal

1980

  • David Carter, Chief Equipment Strategy, Design & Engineering

  • Tyrone Wilcher, Assistant Chief Power Supervisor

1982

  • Barbara Wiliams, Mechanic A Substation

  • Rosalind Evans, Lead Clerk

  • Ingrid Burnett, Supervisor Crew Assignment

1983

  • Richard Johnson, Carman

  • Laura DeShong, Senior Chief Clerk

  • Manuel Pena, Director Rail Infrastructure Construction

  • Christopher Beluch, Tech-Communications

  • Donald Bogen III, Plumber Foreman

  • Shirelda Hardwick, Office Supervisor

  • Robert Timmerman, Lead Tech

  • Janice Terry, Lead Clerk

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