Bob Jones, 57, is a Manager of Locomotive Maintenance at the new Crest Command Center for the Fort Worth Service Unit.
Bob and his wife Nancy live in Fort Worth and have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Bob grew up in Houston, where he attended San Jacinto Technical High School. He attended Community College at Omaha, Nebraska.
He has 30 years on the railroad, but is the first one of his family to work for the Railroad.
He has been an Electrician at Houston, Locomotive Supervisor at Jefferson City, Kansas; a Manager at Kansas City, Missouri, and Manager of Locomotive Maintenance at Fort Worth, Salt Lake City, and Omaha.
His telephone number is 878-4678.
Bobby Farrington, 43, is a Manager of Locomotive Maintenance at the FWSU Command Center at the Crest.
Bobby and his wife Shelly, daughters Gina and Kristi and sons Bobby Jr and Randy live in Alvarado Texas.
Bobby grew up in Alvarado and graduated from Alvarado High School and Hill Junior College.
His father and father-in-law worked for the Santa Fe. His son, Bobby Jr, is a Laborer and his son-in-law, David Goff, is a Supervisor at the Diesel Shop here in Fort Worth.
Bobby started to work for Santa Fe in August of 1977 as a Laborer then set up to Machinist in November 1978. He was laid off in 1988. In 1989, he started as a Machinist with UP. In 1990 he was setup to Supervisor, then to Shop Planner in 1995, then to Manager in December 1997.
His phone number is 878-4678.
Pete Nipp is a Senior MTO at FWSU Command Center at the Crest Building. His hometown is Omaha. He holds a a degree in Business Administration (BSBA).
He is the first of his family to work for the Railroad. He has six years of railroad experience. Pete has worked at the IT Department at Omaha. He has been STO at Villagrove, Illinois and MTO at South Morrill, Nebraska.
His Telephone number is 878-4440.
Mark Fleener is Manager of Terminal Operations at FWSU Command Center at the Crest Building.
He and his wife have a daughter, age 7, and two sons, one 5 years old and the other 6 weeks old.
Mark is a native of Denver, Colorado, and holds a BA degree in Human Resources from Colorado Christian University.
He has four and one half years railroad experience. He hired on as a Customer Service Representative on the SP in Denver in 1993 and was promoted to Waybill Manager. He went to Bloomington, Texas, in November 1996 and promoted to MYO. He came to Fort Worth as an MTO in November 1997.
Mark's Phone number is 878-0874.
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