K.C. Hill became locomotive engineer in 1966 and, aside from normal rest days, has laid off only 10 days in his 67-year career.
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BLET member K.C. Hill, a member of Division 391 in Ft. Madison, Iowa, was recently profiled by the BNSF Railway for his extraordinary railroad career. Hill has been railroading since 1957. That’s 67 years of service… and counting.
When Hill hired on to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), a BNSF predecessor, President Eisenhower was living in the White House and Hawaii had yet to be officially recognized as our 50th state.
Since becoming a locomotive engineer in 1966, he’s operated steam as well as diesel locomotives, and currently runs freight trains between Galesburg and Kansas City. Hill is truly the iron horse of railroading—not just in his seniority, but his work ethic. Excluding his normal rest days, Hill has laid off only 10 days in his 67-year career.
Hill has held continuous membership in the BLET for 56 years, having joined on July 1, 1968.
Read the full story at BNSF.com.
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