Lowell S. "Jake" Jacobson (1940-2021) served 29 years with the

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

, later President and Chief Operating Officer of the

Copper Basin Railway The Copper Basin Railway is an Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) at Magma to Winkelman, in of length. The railroad also has a branch line that runs from Ray Junction to Ray, Arizo ...

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. Mr. Jacobson was named ''Railway Ages Railroader of the Year in 1994, and a Great Railroader of the Century in December 1999. The American Shortline safety award is named after him: The Jake Award. Since 2000, the

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) is an association of North American short line and regional railroads. Founded in 1913, the ASLRRA has a range of members, include a variety of Class II and Class III railroads. T ...

has sponsored these awards.

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