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.
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.”
Photo: NJ TRANSIT
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.
“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
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
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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