Former TC&W CEO Kent Shoemaker, age 74, dies
Kent Shoemaker, founder and former CEO and chairman of the Twin Cities & Western Railroad and the Red River Valley & Western Railroad, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Dec. 21 in Bloomington, Minn., at age 74.
Kent Shoemaker, founder and former CEO and chairman of the Twin Cities & Western Railroad and the Red River Valley & Western Railroad, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Dec. 21 in Bloomington, Minn., at age 74.
Shoemaker, the son of railroad executive Perry Shoemaker, rose through the ranks of the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1965, he moved to Minneapolis and became assistant vice president of operations at the Soo Line Railroad. He then became president of the former Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, then became a railroad consultant.
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