NPR Employees Recognized for Quick Thinking and Exceptional Service
Recently, recognition was given to NPR’s Roy Villarreal (Locomotive Engineer) and Marcelino Martinez (Conductor), both of whom work out of the NPR Fordville Terminal, for their assistance with a distressed citizen. While reporting to work early on a cold late fall morning, they discovered an elderly individual who was clearly in need of some help, and took actions that included getting the individual to a warm location, administering water, and calling local emergency response. “This was handled professionally and with care and caution,” remarked Todd Gullickson, NPR’s GM of Operations, “and as a result we were pleased to reward both Roy and Marcelino each with a Scheel’s gift certificate and NPR safety recognition caps for their actions.”
In addition, earlier in the harvest operating season, NPR was operating a routine 110-car loaded eastbound train out of the Nekoma, North Dakota, grain terminal. While conducting a routine roll-by inspection at Adams, Cody Anderson noticed a growing loud impact noise on the train – and then detected a broken rail under the movement. “At that point, Cody was able to direct the locomotive engineer to stop the train and did so safely without incident, allowing our maintenance of way forces to respond and repair,” remarked Todd Gullickson. “Clearly, by being outside of a vehicle and in a position to properly observe the movement on a roll-by, Cody’s actions saved a potential derailment.”
Well done, gentlemen!
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