Leaders wanted Johnston to join their project to revamp the railway. “He knew a lot of people, knew all the great places to go,” Johnston said.īut just a year into his life in D.C., The Broadmoor came calling. thanks to the relationships he made there, including his roommate. I was like, ‘What have I done? This is the worst decision I’ve ever made.'”īut Johnston grew to love D.C. “And the first two or three months, I was pulling my hair out. was like a foreign country,” Johnston said. “When I moved out there, being a kid from Oklahoma, D.C. He helped the region reverse its ranking to become the top-rated one for safety.Īfter six years with Union Pacific Railroad, Johnston moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a consultant with RL Banks & Associates, a company specializing in railroad economics and engineering. When Johnston started running trains, he was a part of a region ranked last in safety across the Union Pacific Railroad system. “Fixing problems.”Īnd his skills in problem solving didn’t go unnoticed. “That was always the most exhilarating thing for me,” Johnston said. A train with 30 cars had derailed and he was the one who responsible for cleaning it up. One morning - it was barely 3 a.m. - Johnston was woken by a phone call. “It’s just so unique being out on the railroad and having a whole territory where you’re responsible for all the trains and the crews running the trains,” Johnston said. Johnston spent a year in the training program before he began overseeing hundreds of mile of track. Johnston majored in supply chain management at The University of Oklahoma and entered a management training program with Union Pacific Railroad after he graduated. Johnston grew up in Oklahoma City and as a child he became a train enthusiast, collecting model trains with his dad. That childhood passion led to a career. Johnston, pictured Tuesday, March 15, 2022, helped lead the railway through a $100 million renovation to the tracks, depot and trains. Ted Johnston, who came to The Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway in 2018, has been promoted to general manager.
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