Broad Axe Award Winner Spends A Lifetime In Treating Industry

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William G. "Buddy" Downey said he is proud to join the ranks of the professionals who have won RTA's Broad Axe Award. "When I think back on the past winners, it is a list of leaders in our industry. I am humbly honored to be named to that list." Born in Clifton Forge, Va., at the C&O/ B&O hospital, you could say railroading is in his blood. "After serving in WWII, my father joined the railroad as a locomotive engineer, serving 40 years between Clifton Forge and Charlottesville, Va. He was engineer for President Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral train since he served under him at D-Day."