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L. S. `` Jake '' Jacobson served 29 years with the Union Pacific Railroad and is now President and Chief Operating Officer of the Copper Basin Railway of Hayden , Arizona .. Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific Railroad. Copper Basin Railway. Copper Basin Railway. Mr. Jacobson was named Railway Age 's Railroader of the Year in 1994 , and a Great Railroader of the Century in December 1999 .. The American Shortline safety award is named after him  : The Jake Award .. Since 2000 , the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has sponsored these awards .. American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association