A former CSX high-ranking executive who was forced out of her job as vice president and chief operations officer had handed a VP job with Union Pacific.
Cindy Sanborn, the first woman to hold a senior operating executive role at a Class I railroad, was among three CSX executives who left the carrier last November during a management shakeup instituted by then-CEO E. Hunter Harrison.
Sanborn will become regional vice president transportation-western region at UP on Feb. 16.
She will replace the retiring Richard Castagna and lead rail operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico from a base in Roseville, California.
Sanborn had held various management positions during her 30 years at CSX.
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