E. H. Harriman Award

The E.H. Harriman Award was an annual award presented to American railroad companies in recognition for outstanding safety achievements.

History

The award was founded in 1913 by Mary Averell Harriman, ^[1] wife of the late Edward H. Harriman. After her death, the award was presented by her sons E. Roland Harriman and W. Averell Harriman. Today the award is sponsored by the E.H. Harriman Memorial Awards Institute.

On January 5, 2012, UP announced to its employees that for the first time in ninety-eight years the Harriman award would be retired after the 2012 award ceremony. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) made the decision to end the award presentation. ^{[2] [3]}

Criticism

While the awards were intended to encourage safe operating practices and safety enhancements, the awards have also occasionally been the source of some labor disputes. Part of the award criteria has been a count of the number of reported workplace injuries as tracked by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); this has led to disciplinary action and even dismissal for employees at some railroads. ^[4] Union Pacific Railroad (UP), in particular, was shown to have suppressed reporting of some accidents in the early 1970s, leading to their disqualification and withdrawal from consideration for the award over several years. ^[5] UP launched an intensive safety program and again earned a Harriman gold medal in 1984. ^[6]

Several rail labor unions objected to the criteria, going so far as to picket the award ceremonies. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE) General Chairman Paul Beard created the "Harassment Award" as a satire of the Harriman Awards to raise awareness of management practices that bred intimidation and disciplinary actions against reporting accidents. In 1999 the FRA invited discussions with representatives of rail labor unions to discuss the problem.

Recipients

The selection process included a rule that the same railroad company could not be selected for a gold medal in two consecutive years. ^[7] This practice ended in the 1970s when Santa Fe Railroad was selected as the gold medal recipient for several consecutive years.

Railroad companies are grouped into one of four categories:

• Group A railroads are line-haul railroads with greater than 15 million employee hours per year.
• Group B railroads are line-haul railroads with between 4 and 15 million employee hours per year.
• Group C railroads are line-haul railroads with less than 4 million employee hours per year.
• Group S&T railroads are switching and terminal railroads

Historically, the award recipients were notified in May of the year following the statistics calculation with the presentation ceremony in September or October. Later the award announcements and presentations were made in May of the year after the award designation; for example, the 2004 awards were presented in May 2005. Past recipients of the E.H. Harriman Award were:

Year	Group	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1913	A	Southern Pacific [8]
1914	A	New York Central [8]
	B	Atlantic Coast Line
1915	A	Norfolk and Western
1916 [9]	A	Alabama Great Southern Railway [8]	Illinois Central (Illinois Division) [10]	Long Island Railroad
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924	A	Union Pacific [8] [11] [12]	Chicago Great Western (Western Division) [12]	Joseph Kragskow, UP Omaha shops (individual award) [12]
1925	A	Union Pacific [8]
1926	A	Norfolk and Western [8]
	B	Duluth, Missabe and Northern [8]
	C	Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City [8]
1927	A	Union Pacific
	B	Ann Arbor Railway [13]
1928	A	Southern Pacific [14]
1929	A	Union Pacific (OSL)
1930	A	Pennsylvania Railroad [15]	Union Pacific
	B		Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad [16]
	C		New Orleans Great Northern Railroad [16]
1934	A	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad [17]
1935	A		New York Central [18]
1937	A	New York Central
1938	A	Norfolk and Western
1939	A	Union Pacific Railroad (south central district) [19]
	B	Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway [19]
	C	Charleston and Western Carolina Railway [19]
	A special award was presented to New York Central Railroad to commemorate more than 16 years without any passenger fatalities as of 1939. [19]
1940	A	Union Pacific (South Central)
1941	A	Union Pacific Railroad (Eastern district) [20]
1942		New York Central System	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
1943	A	Union Pacific (Eastern district) [21]
	B	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway [21]
	C	Charleston and Western Carolina Railway [21]
1944	A	Michigan Central Railroad [22]
	B	Ann Arbor Railroad [22]
	C	Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad [22]
1945	A
1949	A	Louisville and Nashville [23]	Erie Railroad [24]
	B
	C	Tennessee Central [23]
1950	A	Union Pacific (Western District) [1] [11] [25] [26]	Eastern district: Reading Railroad [27] Western district: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad [26]
	B	Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines [26]	Western district: Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway [26]
	C	Cambria and Indiana Railroad [26]	Western district: Colorado and Wyoming Railway [26]
1951	A	Norfolk and Western [28] [29]	Eastern district: Reading Railroad [27]
1952 [30] [31]	A	Missouri-Kansas-Texas	Eastern district: Baltimore and Ohio Western district: Union Pacific Southern district: Norfolk and Western [28] [29]
	B	St. Louis Southwestern	Eastern district: Lehigh Valley Western district: Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Southern district: Central of Georgia
	C	Texas Mexican Railway	Eastern district: Lehigh and Hudson River Western district: Lake Superior and Ishpeming Southern district: Atlantic and Danville
	S&T	Chicago Union Station Company	Portland, Maine, Terminal Company
1953	A		Eastern district: Reading Railroad [27] Southern district: Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway [32]
1954	A	Norfolk and Western Railway [33] [34]	Eastern district: Reading Railroad [35] Western district: Great Northern Railway [34]
	B	Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad [33] [34]	Western district: St. Louis Southwestern Railway [34]
	C	Texas Mexican Railroad [33] [34]	Western district: Texas Northern Railway [34]
1955 [36]	A	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	Eastern district: Pennsylvania Railroad Western district: Union Pacific Railroad Southern district: Illinois Central [37] [38]
	B	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway	Eastern district: Western Maryland Railway [39] Western district: Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railroad Southern district: Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
	C	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	Eastern district: Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Western district: Texas Mexican Railway Southern district: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
	S&T	Portland (Maine) Terminal Railroad	New Orleans Terminal Railroad
1956	A	Union Pacific [40]	Eastern district: Erie Railroad [24] [41] [42]
	B	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad [40]
	C	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad [40]
	S&T	Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad [43]
1957 [44]	A	Nickel Plate Road [45] [46]	Eastern district: Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Western district: Northern Pacific Railroad Southern district: Illinois Central [37] [38]
	B	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad	Eastern district: Wabash Railroad Western district: St. Louis Southwestern Southern district: Central of Georgia Railway
	C	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	Eastern district: New York, Susquehanna and Western [47] Western district: Texas Mexican Railway Southern district: Clinchfield Railroad
	S&T	Kentucky and Indiana Terminal	New Orleans Terminal
	The Pullman Company was awarded a special certificate of commendation for working with the railroad companies to transport about 45 billion passengers with no fatalities from 1952 to 1957. [44]
1958	A		Eastern district: Nickel Plate Road [45] [46] [48]
	C	New York, Susquehanna & Western [49]
1959	A	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad [50] [51]	Southern district: Illinois Central [38]
	B	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad [51]
	C	Canadian Pacific lines in Maine and Montreal [51]	Western district: Texas Mexican Railway [52]
1960	A	Nickel Plate Road
1961 [53]	A	Nickel Plate Road [45] [46]
	B	Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
	C	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
1962	A	Union Pacific Railroad [54]
1963	A	Nickel Plate Road [55]
1964	A	Illinois Central [10] [56]
	B	Monon Railroad [57]
1965	A	Chicago and North Western [58]
1966 [59]	A	Union Pacific [7]
	B
	C
1967	A	Union Pacific	Southern Pacific Railroad [60]
	B	St. Louis Southwestern [60]
	C
1968	A		Southern Pacific Railroad [60]
	B		St. Louis Southwestern [60]
	C
1969	A
	B		Western Maryland Railway [61]
1970	A	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [62]
	B
	C
	S&T
1971	A	Santa Fe [62]
	B
	C
	S&T		Union Railroad of Pittsburgh [63]
1972	A	Santa Fe [62]		Union Pacific
	B
	C	Delaware and Hudson [64]
1973	A	Santa Fe [62]
	B
	C		Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad [65]
	S&T		Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad [66]
1975 [67]	A	Santa Fe	Seaboard Coast Line	Chessie System
	B	Erie-Lackawanna	Denver and Rio Grande Western	Reading Railroad
	C	Delaware and Hudson	Monongahela Railway [68]	Florida East Coast Railroad
	S&T	River Terminal Railway, Cleveland	Union Railroad, Pittsburgh	Guyanoga Valley Railroad, Clevaland
1976	A	Southern Railway [69]	Seaboard Coast Line [70] [71]
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad [69]
	C	Florida East Coast Railway [72] [73] [69]
	S&T	Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad [69]
1977	A			Missouri Pacific [72] [74] [73]
	B
	C	Florida East Coast Railway [72] [73]	Central Vermont Railway [72]
1978	A	Southern Railway [72] [73]		Missouri Pacific [72] [74] [73] [75]
	B			St. Louis-San Francisco Railway [75]
	C	Florida East Coast Railway [72] [73]	Central Vermont Railway [72]	Alton and Southern Railway [75]
1979 [72] [73]	A	Santa Fe [76]	Southern Railway	Missouri Pacific [74]
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	Boston and Maine	St Louis-San Francisco Railway
	C	Florida East Coast Railway	Central Vermont Railway	Ann Arbor Railroad
	S&T	Houston Belt and Terminal Railway [74]	Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad	Alton and Southern Railway
	The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Peoria and Pekin Union Railroad and the Lake Terminal Railroad were awarded special certificates for improvements in their safety records.
1980	A	Santa Fe [74]	Missouri Pacific [74]	Southern Railway [74]
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T	Houston Belt and Terminal Railway [74]	Kansas City Terminal Railway [74]	Alton and Southern Railway [74]
1981	A		Missouri Pacific
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T		Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad [77]	South Buffalo Railway [77]
1982	A	Southern Railway [78]	Family Lines System (L&N) [78]
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
1983	A			Union Pacific
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
1984	A	Union Pacific Railroad [6]
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T	Houston Belt and Terminal Railway [6]	Port Terminal Railroad Association, Houston [6]
1985	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
1986	A	Southern Pacific Railroad [79] [80]
	B		Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T
1987	A	Southern Pacific Railroad [80]
	B		Chicago and North Western
1988	A	Southern Pacific
	B		Missouri-Kansas-Texas
1989	A	Norfolk Southern Railway		Southern Pacific
	B	Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T
1990	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B		Chicago and North Western
	C
	S&T
1991	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B	Chicago and North Western	Denver and Rio Grande Western
	C
	S&T		Belt Railway of Chicago
1992	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B			Chicago and North Western
	C
	S&T
1993 [81] [82]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Amtrak
	B	Illinois Central	Chicago and North Western	Northeast Illinois Railroad Corp.
	C	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	Kansas City Southern Railway	Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
	S&T
1994	A	Norfolk Southern Railway		Santa Fe [83]
	B		Chicago and North Western
	C
	S&T
1995	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B
	C
	S&T	Belt Railway of Chicago
1996	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe	CSX Transportation
	B	New Jersey Transit Rail Operations	Illinois Central	Kansas City Southern
	C	Texas Mexican	Providence & Worcester	New York, Susquehanna & Western
	S&T	Port Terminal Railroad Association	Belt Railway of Chicago	Houston Belt & Terminal Railway
1997 [84]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	Burlington Northern Santa Fe	CSX Transportation
	B	Illinois Central Railroad	New Jersey Transit Rail Operations	Kansas City Southern
	C	Guilford Rail System	Gateway Western Railway	Texas Mexican Railway
	S&T	Port Terminal Railroad Association of Houston	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Patapsco & Black Rivers Railroad
	Paducah and Louisville Railroad was awarded a certificate recognizing continuing safety improvements for at least two consecutive years as of 1997. [85]
1998	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B
	C	Montana Rail Link [86] [87]
	S&T
1999	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway	CSX Transportation
	B	Illinois Central Railroad	Kansas City Southern Railway	NJ Transit
	C	Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad	Guilford Rail System
	S&T	Belt Railway of Chicago	Port Terminal Railroad Association	Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
2000	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway [88] [89]
	C	Gateway Western Railway [88]
	S&T		Belt Railway of Chicago
2001	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway [89]
	C
	S&T		Belt Railway of Chicago	Alton and Southern Railway
2002	A	Norfolk Southern Railway
	B		Metra
	C
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Conrail
2003	A	Norfolk Southern Railway		Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Metra	Soo Line Railroad
	C	Iowa Interstate Railroad [90]
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Conrail
2004	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	BNSF Railway	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Metra	Soo Line Railroad	Illinois Central Railroad
	C	Guilford Rail System	Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway	Providence and Worcester Railroad
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Conrail	Alton and Southern Railway
2005 [91]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	BNSF Railway	CSX
	B	Canadian Pacific's U.S. subsidiary (formerly Soo Line Railroad)	Kansas City Southern [92]	Metra
	C	Florida East Coast Railway	Pan Am Railways	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Conrail	Belt Railway of Chicago
2006 [93]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	BNSF Railway
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Canadian Pacific Railway's United States subsidiary	Long Island Rail Road
	C	Florida East Coast Railway	Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad [94]	BNSF Suburban Operations in Chicago
	S&T	Birmingham Southern Railroad	Conrail	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
2007 [95]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Metra	Canadian Pacific Railway U.S. operations
	C	Iowa Interstate Railroad	Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	Florida East Coast Railway
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Union Railroad	Birmingham Southern Railroad
2008 [96]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Canadian Pacific Railway's United States subsidiary	Metra
	C	Willamette and Pacific Railroad [97]	Florida East Coast Railway	Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
	S&T	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Birmingham Southern Railroad	Conrail
2009 [98]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Metra	Canadian National Railway U.S. operations
	C	Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	BNSF Railway suburban operations	Paducah and Louisville Railway
	S&T	Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad	Gary Railway	Birmingham Southern Railroad
2010 [99]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Canadian Pacific Railway U.S. operations	Canadian National Railway U.S. operations
	C	Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad	Paducah and Louisville Railway
	S&T	Gary Railway	Port Terminal Railroad Association	Union Railroad
2011 [100]	A	Norfolk Southern Railway	CSX Transportation	Union Pacific Railroad
	B	Kansas City Southern Railway	Canadian Pacific Railway U.S. operations	Metra
	C	Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	Portland and Western	Florida East Coast Railway
	S&T	Union Railway	Belt Railway of Chicago	Birmingham Southern Railroad

References

Citations

1. Geggie, Bob (September 24, 1950). "Union Pacific Gets Harriman Award for Safety Operations in Western District". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, CA. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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5. Partridge, Dan; Scott, Bill (January 10, 1977). "UP's safety failure noted". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, WY. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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38. "Illinois Central to Get Safety Award". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, IL. September 13, 1960. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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42. "Erie to Get Coveted Safety Award". Star-Gazette. Elmira, NY. October 10, 1957. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
43. "B. & O. CT Railroad To Receive Award". Garrett Clipper. Garrett, IN. October 10, 1957. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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46. "Safety Award Goes To NKP". The News-Messenger. Fremont, OH. September 12, 1962. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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48. "Nickel Plate Record Best". The Evening Independent. Massillon, OH. September 12, 1959. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
49. "Susquehanna to Receive Harriman Safety Award". The Herald-News. Passaic, NJ. September 11, 1959. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
50. "Coast Line Wins Safety Award". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, FL. September 10, 1960. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
51. "Coast Line Wins Railroad Award". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, AL. September 11, 1960. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
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57. "Award Cites Monon Line's Safety Record". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, IN. September 11, 1965. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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61. "W.M. Railway Will Receive Safety Award". The Daily Mail. Hagerstown, MD. June 3, 1970. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
62. "Santa Fe Safest". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, AZ. June 19, 1974. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
63. "Rail Firm Gets Employe Safety Award". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. June 15, 1972. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
64. "Delaware & Hudson Tops in Safety Record". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, NY. June 29, 1973. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
65. "AC&Y Gets Safety Award". The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, OH. May 30, 1974. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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68. "Mon Railway Given Award For Safety". The Evening Standard. Uniontown, PA. May 18, 1976. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
69. "Southern Railway wins safety award". The Greenville News. Greenville, SC. Associated Press. May 13, 1977. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
70. "SCL Receives Award For Safety Record". Rocky Mount Telegram. Rocky Mount, NC. May 19, 1976. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
71. "SCL Wins Safety Award". Florence Morning News. Florence, SC. May 23, 1976. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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74. "MoPac's safety awarded". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, TX. May 3, 1981. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
75. "Railroads Get Safety Awards". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. May 18, 1979. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
76. "Safety Prize Given". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, CA. May 31, 1980. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
77. "2 short-haul rails honored for safety". The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. May 7, 1982. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
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