Jim Danielwicz was appointed Vice President Mechanical Department in January 2006. He is directly responsible for the major locomotive repair shops at Edmonton, Symington, MacMillan, Woodcrest and Memphis, as well as the major repair facilities at Transcona and Centralia. He is also responsible for all the locomotive and car maintenance for the CN Mechanical locations throughout North America.
Mr. Danielwicz has over 30 years of railroading experience, having joined the Illinois Central in 1973 as a Machinist apprentice. He was appointed to the position of Chief Mechanical Officer for CN in 2002. Prior to that, he held the position of Mechanical Superintendent, Locomotives from 1999-2002, which was his position at the time of the CN and IC merger. Formerly with Illinois Central, he held the prior positions of General Superintendent Mechanical/Locomotive System, Mechanical Superintendent Locomotive, General Superintendent Mechanical Locomotive, Superintendent Mechanical, Superintendent Air Brakes, Division Air Brake Foreman, General Foreman, and Mechanical Foreman. |