Mike Haverty

Michael R. Haverty
Born	June 11, 1944 (1944-06-11) (age 67)
Occupation	railroad executive

Michael R. Haverty (born June 11, 1944), aka Mike Haverty, is the seventeenth CEO of the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS). Prior to working for KCS, he had been an executive for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. At Santa Fe, he had been responsible for the return of the famous red-and-silver "warbonnet" paint scheme in 1989; at KCS, he was similarly responsible for the revival of the passenger-era red-and-black "Southern Belle" paint scheme, applied to the business train, new ES44ACs and SD70ACes, and now a class of covered hoppers (2007).

In 2001 he was named Railroader of the Year by the leading North American railroad industry publication Railway Age Magazine.^[1]

References

1. ^ Vantuono, William C. (January 2001). "Mike Haverty, Railroader of the Year". Railway Age. Archived from the original on 2004-12-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20041212212649/http://www.railwayage.com/jan01/railroader_2000.html. Retrieved 2005-03-25. 

Preceded by W. John Swartz	President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1989 – 1995	BNSF merger
Preceded by George W. Edwards	President of Kansas City Southern Railway 1995 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by The Railroad Worker	Railroader of the Year 2001	Succeeded by E. Hunter Harrison

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