# Bill Wimmer

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{{short description|American railroad executive}}
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| birth_name    = William E. Wimmer
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| occupation    = Railroad executive
| known_for     = 2007 [Railroader of the Year](/source/Railroader_of_the_Year)
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| footnotes     = <ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=145936295&privcapId=33062075 |publisher=Bloomberg |title=Bill Wimmer: Executive Profile & Biography |accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref><ref name="railroaderoftheyear">{{cite journal | last=Vantuono | first=William C. | title=Bill Wimmer: building Union Pacific | journal=Railway Age | via=HighBeam Research |date=2007-01-01 | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158526754.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116062140/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158526754.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2018-11-16 | accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref>
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'''Bill Wimmer''' is an American railroad executive who worked in operations for the [Union Pacific Railroad](/source/Union_Pacific_Railroad).

Wimmer started with the [Chicago and North Western Railway](/source/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway) in 1957, eventually becoming division engineer. He moved to Union Pacific in 1974.<ref name="bloomberg"/>

As Vice President-Engineering, he was awarded the 2007 [Railroader of the Year](/source/Railroader_of_the_Year) award. He was the second chief engineer to receive the award, after 1978's [Robert M. Brown](/source/Robert_M._Brown), also of Union Pacific, who had been his mentor.<ref name="Union Pacific 2007">{{cite press release | title=UP: Union Pacific Vice President-Engineering Bill Wimmer Named Railway Age Railroader Of The Year | location=Omaha, Nebraska | publisher=Union Pacific | date=2007-01-12 | url=https://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/human_resources/2007/0112_wimmer.shtml | accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref> In June 2008, he was promoted to Vice President-Operations;<ref name="Union Pacific 2008">{{cite press release | title=UP: Union Pacific Announces Management Changes in Engineering Department | location=Omaha, Nebraska | publisher=Union Pacific | date=2008-05-16 | url=https://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/human_resources/2008/0516_engineering.shtml | accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref> he retired shortly thereafter, in July. He has served on the board of the [R.J. Corman Railroad Group](/source/R.J._Corman_Railroad_Group) since December 2009.<ref name="R. J. Corman Railroad Group">{{cite web | title=Corporate Officers | website=R. J. Corman Railroad Group | url=http://www.rjcorman.com/about/officers.html | accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref>

Since retiring, he and his wife run a railroad museum in Beaver Lake, south of [Plattsmouth, Nebraska](/source/Plattsmouth%2C_Nebraska).<ref name="Peterson 1970">{{cite news | last=Peterson | first=Patti Jo | title=Museum draws 160 railroad buffs to Beaver Lake | newspaper=Fremont Tribune | date=2015-06-10 | url=http://fremonttribune.com/cass-news/news/museum-draws-railroad-buffs-to-beaver-lake/article_f32420e6-b822-5b0d-a756-594c937ff29f.html | accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of railroad executives](/source/List_of_railroad_executives)

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{{s-bef| before=[Richard F. Timmons](/source/Richard_F._Timmons) ([American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association](/source/American_Short_Line_and_Regional_Railroad_Association))}}
{{s-ttl| title=[Railroader of the Year](/source/Railroader_of_the_Year)| years=2007}}
{{s-aft| after=[Steve Tobias](/source/Steve_Tobias) ([NS](/source/Norfolk_Southern))}}

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Category:Union Pacific Railroad people
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