Louis Wilson Menk, was an American railway worker and executive, he served as the last president of Northern Pacific Railway 1966-1970, before the railroad was merged into which United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads?
Louis W. Menk Louis Wilson Menk (born April 8, 1918 in Englewood, Colorado, died November 27, 1999) was an American railway worker and executive. He served as the last president of Northern Pacific Railway 1966-1970, before the railroad was merged into Burlington Northern Railroad. Menk was also selected as "Modern Railroads" (now Railway Age) "Man of the Year" for 1967, an award that has continued annually and is now known as Railroader of the Year.
Concord and Montreal Railroad The Concord and Montreal Railroad was a railroad incorporated in 1889 out of a merger between the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad and the Concord Railroad.