List of railroad executives
This is a list of railroad executives, defined as those who are presidents and chief executive officers of railroad and railway systems worldwide.
A
[edit]- Abbot, Edwin H. (1834–1927), WC −1890[1]
- Adams, Charles Francis Jr. (1835–1915), UP 1884–1890[2]
- Adams, Melvin O. (1847–1920), BRB&L[3]
- Aikman, Frank Jr., LIRR 1967–1969
- Allen, Horatio (1802–1889), Erie 1843–1844
John W. Allen - Allyn, Henry G. Jr., P&LE 1969–1993
- Alpert, George, NH
- Altschul, Selig, D&H 1977
- Ames, Oliver Jr. (1807–1877), UP 1866–1871[5][6][7]
- Anderson, Richard H. (b. 1955), Amtrak 2017–2020 [8]
- Anderson, Samuel J., P&O[9]
- Anschutz, Philip (born 1939), RG 1984–1988, SP 1988–1996[10]
- Archbald, James (1793–1870), LSMS 1854–1856
- Arndt, Otto, DR 1970–1989
- Ashby, G. F., UP 1946–1949
- Ashley, James Mitchell (1824–1896), AA
- Atkinson, Arthur K. (1892–1964), WAB 1947–1960
- Atterbury, William W. (1866–1935), PRR 1925–1935
- Augustowski, Tadeusz, PKP −2005[11]
B
[edit]- Baer, George Frederick (1842–1914), RDG 1901–1914
- Bailey, E. H., UP 1965–1971
- Baldwin, William H. Jr. (1863–1905), LIRR 1896–1905[12]
- Bancroft, William Amos (1855–1922), BER 1899–[3]
- Bandeen, Robert (1930–2010), CN 1974–1982
- Banfield, Edward (1837–1872), GFS (1865–1872).
- Barriger, John W., III (1899–1976), Monon 1946–1953, P&LE 1956–1964, MKT 1965–1970, B&M 1973–1974[13]
- Bauer, Kenneth J., LIRR 2000–2003
- Beatty, Edward Wentworth (1877–1943), CPR 1918–1943
- Beckley, Thomas M., SOO 1978–1983[14]
- Beeching, Richard (1913–1985), BR 1961–1965
- Belozyorov, Oleg (b. 1969), Russian Railways 2015-present
- Bennett, James I., P&LE 1877–1881
- Berdell, Robert H., Erie 1864–1867
- Bernet, John J. (1868–1935), NKP 1916–1926, Erie 1927–1929, C&O 1929–1932, NKP 1933–1935[15][16][17][18]
- Bertrand, Charles E., D&H 1977–1978
- Besener, Willi, DR 1946–1949
- Beven, John L., IC 1938–1945[19]
- Biaggini, Benjamin (1916–2005), SP 1964–1983
- Billings, Frederick H. (1823–1890), NP 1879–1881
- Blackstone, Timothy B. (1829–1900), CA 1864–1899
- Blake, Ronald James (b. 1934), KCRC 2006–present
- Bledsoe, Samuel T. (1868–1939), ATSF 1933–1939[20][21]
- Boardman, Joseph H. (1948–2019), Amtrak 2008–2016[22][23]
- Boatner, Victor V. (1881–1950), CGW 1929–1931
- Bolton, John, D&H 1826–1831
- Bond, Frank S., RDG 1883–
- Bond, Hiram (1838–1906), TCI 1889–1891
- Borne, Élisabeth (b. 1961), RATP 2015-2017
- Bowen, James (1808–1886), Erie 1841–1842
- Bowman, Hollis, MEC 1863–1864[9]
- Boyd, Alan Stephenson (1922–2020), IC 1969–1972, Amtrak 1978–1982[19][24][25]
- Brooke, George D., C&O 1933–, PM 1933–, NKP 1935–, VGN[26]
- Brosnan, D. William (1903–1985), SOU 1962–1967
- Brown, Revelle W., RDG
- Bruce, Harry J., IC 1983–1990
- Bryant, Gridley (1789–1867), Granite Railway
- Bryant, Robert E., BBRR -present
- Budd, John M. (1907–1979), CEI 1947–1949, GN 1951–1970, BN 1970–1972
- Budd, Ralph (1879–1962), GN 1919–1932, CB&Q 1932–1949
- Buenrostro, Hugo Jiménez, KCSM 2006–present
- Buford, Algernon S. (1826–1911), R&D 1865–1892
- Buford, Curtis D., P&LE 1965–1969
- Burbidge, Fred, CPR 1972–1981
- Burdakin, John H., GTW
- Burkhardt, Ed, WC 1987–1999, Railworld 2000–present
- Burns, John J., Alleghany Corporation
- Burns, Ron (b. 1953), UP 1996[27]
- Burt, Horace G. (1849–1913), UP 1898–1904
- Burtness, Harold W. (1897–1978), CGW 1946–1948
- Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke (1861–1946), GWR Brazil 1892–1894, GNR 1902–1912, LNER 1912–1945
- Bush, Benjamin Franklin (1860–1927), WM 1907–1911, MP 1911–1923, D&RG 1912–1915, WP 1913–1915[28]: 48 [29][30]
- Busiel, Charles Albert (1842–1901), LSR, C&M[31]
- Butzelaar, Frank, SRY 2008–present[32]
C
[edit]- Cable, Ransom Reed, RI 1883–1898[33][34][35]
- Cahill, Michael Harrison, MKT 1930–1933[36]
- Calhoun, Patrick (1856–1943), URRSF
- Calvin, E. E., UP 1916–1918
- Carpenter, Alvin "Pete" (1942-2019), CSX 1992-1999 [37]
- Carter, George L. (1857–1936),[38]CRR
- Carter, Thomas S. (1921–2019), KCS 1973–1986
- Cass, George Washington (1810–1888), O&P 1856, PFW&C 1857–83, NP 1872–75
- Cassatt, Alexander (1839–1906), PRR 1899–1906
- Cavanaugh, Dennis Miles, SOO 1983–1986, 1987–1989[14]
- Celinski, Krzysztof, PKP 2005–present[11]
- Chapin, Chester W. (1798–1883), B&A 1868–1878
- Charlick, Oliver, LIRR 1863–1875
- Chipley, William Dudley (1840–1897), C&R, P&A
- Christy, Doug, IAIS
- Clark, Horace F. (1815–1873), UP 1872–1873
- Clark, John P., NYSW
- Clark, S.H.H. (1837–1900), UP 1892–1898
- Clarke, F. B., SP&S 1907–[39]
- Claytor, Robert B. (1922–1993), N&W 1981–1982, NS 1982–1993
- Claytor, W. Graham Jr. (1912–1994), SOU 1967–1977, Amtrak 1982–1993
- Clement, Martin W. (1881–1966), PRR 1935–1948
- Coe, William R. (1869–1955), VGN
- Coholan, Ryan D (2014-Present), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Coleman, D'Alton Corry (1879–1956), CPR 1942–1947
- Coleman, William C. (1901–1976), Monon 1962–1967[40][41]
- Coliton, William P., CSS&SB 1961–[42]
- Colket, Coffin, LIRR 1862–1863
- Collins, David J., BPRR -present
- Colnon, Aaron, RI 1942–1947
- Conti, P. Scott, PW 2005–present[43]
- Cooke, Jay (1821–1905), NP
- Coolidge, T. Jefferson (1831–1920), ATSF 1880–1881[3]
- Corbin, Austin (1827–1896), LIRR 1881–1896
- Corning, Erastus (1794–1872), U&S 1830s–1853, NYC 1853–1865
- Côté, Paul (b. 1951), Via 2005–2010
- Couch, C. P. "Pete" (1890–1955), KCS 1939–1941
- Couch, Harvey C. (1877–1941), KCS 1939
- Cowen, John K. (1844–1904), B&O 1896–1901
- Crane, L. Stanley,[44][45] SOU 1977–1980
- Crocker, Charles (1822–1888), CP
- Crosbie, William, Amtrak (acting) 2008[46]
- Crump, Norris Ray "Buck" (1904–1989), CPR 1955–1964 and 1966
- Crush, William, MKT
- Culver, Andrew, Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
D
[edit]- Davidson, Richard K. (b. 1942), UP (president) 1991–1996 (CEO) 1997–2006[27][47]
- Davis, Champion McDonald, ACL[48]
- Davis, James, UTAH 2002–2008[49]
- Davis, Jerry, CSX 1989–1995, SP 1995–1996, UP 1996–1998[27]
- deButts, Harry A., SOU 1951–1962
- deForest, Henry, SP 1925–1932
- Delatour, H.L., LIRR 1949–1950
- Denney, Charles E. (1879–1965), Erie 1929–1939, NP 1939–1950[50]
- Depew, Chauncey M. (1834–1928), NYC 1885–1898
- Deramus, William N. Jr. (1888–1965), KCS 1941–1961
- Deramus, William N., III (1915–1989), CGW 1949–1957, MKT 1957–1961, KCS 1961–1973
- Deramus, William N., IV (b. 1944), KCS 1986–1990
- Dermody, James J., LIRR 2003–2006[51]
- Dickinson, Jacob M. (1851–1928), RI 1915–1917
- Dickson, Thomas, D&H 1869–1884
- Dillon, Sidney (1812–1892), UP 1874–1884 and 1890–1892
- Dix, John Adams (1798–1879), C&RI, M&M, UP 1863–1868, Erie 1872[52]
- Dixon, William J., RI 1970–1974
- Dodge, Edwin V., SOO 1989–[14]
- Donnelly, Charles (1869–1939), NP 1920–1939[53][54]
- Dorpmuller, Julius (1869–1945), Deutsche Reichsbahn 1926–1945
- Dougherty, A. A., SMV 1911–
- Downs, Lawrence A., IC 1926–1938[19]
- Downs, Thomas, Amtrak 1993–1998[55]
- Draney, Herbert J., NYSW −1968[56]
- Draper, William Henry Jr. (1894–1974), LIRR 1950–1951
- Drew, Daniel (1797–1879), Erie 1857–1870
- Drusch, William F., TCW 2001–2007[57]
- Ducharme, Rick (b. 1948), GO 1993–1999, TTC 1999–2006
- Duff, John, UP 1873–1874
- Dumaine, Frederick C. Jr., NH 1951–1954, D&H 1967–1968
- Durant, Charles W., RI 1863–1866[58]
- Dürr, Heinz (b. 1933), DB 1991–1993, DB AG 1993–1997
E
[edit]- Eaton, Cyrus S. (1883–1979), C&O 1950s
- Edson, Job A. (1854–1928), KCS 1905–1918 and 1920–1927
- Edwards, George W. (b. 1939), KCS 1991–1995
- Eldridge, John S., Erie 1867–1868
- Elliott, Howard (1860–1928), NP 1903–1913, NH 1913–1917[59]
- Emerson, Robert A. "Bob", CPR 1964–1966
- Engel, Edward J., ATSF 1939–1944[20]
- Erickson, E.O. "Jim", AA -present
- Eriksen, Søren, DSB 2006–2011
- Evans, Ike, UP 1998–2004
F
[edit]
- Fadeev, Gennady, Russian Railways
- Farnam, Henry (1803–1883), RI 1854–1863[60]
- Farrington, John Dow, RI 1948–1955
- Felton, Samuel Morse Jr. (1853–1930), CA 1899–1908, CGW 1909–1929
- Fernandez, Vicente Corta, TFM April 2005 – July 2005
- Finley, William, SOU 1906–1913
- Finney, F. N., SOO 1890–1892[14]
- Fish, Stuyvesant (1851–1923), IC 1887–1906
- Fishwick, John "Jack" P., EL, D&H 1968–1970, N&W 1970–1981
- Fisk, George B., LIRR 1839–1847
- Fisk, James ("Big Jim") (1834–1872), Erie
- Fitzgerald, J. M. (b. 1877), WM 1913–1914[61][62]
- Flagler, Henry Morrison (1830–1913), FEC 1885–1913
- Fleming, Joseph B., RI 1933–1947
- Flynn, William J., Amtrak 2020- [63]
- Forbes, John Murray (1813–1898), MC 1846–1855, CB&Q
- Fordyce, Samuel W. (1840–1919), SLA&T 1886–1889, SSW 1890–1898, KCS 1900
- Franklin, Walter S., PRR 1948–1954, LIRR 1954–1955
- Fraser, Donald V., MKT 1945–1956
- Frederick, William A., CFNR 1993–
- Furth, Alan, SP 1979–1982
G
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- Gabreski, Francis S. (1919–2002), LIRR 1978–1981
- Gadsden, James (1788–1858), South Carolina Rail Road 1840–1850[64]
- Gallois, Louis (b. 1944), SNCF 1996–2006
- Gamble, Patrick K. (b. 1945), ARR 2001–present[65][66]
- Gardner, Stephen J. (b. 1975), Amtrak 2009–present[67]
- Gardner, William A., CNW 1910–1916[68][69]
- Gardner, William E., WSOR 1988–present
- McClellan George B. (1826-1885), P 1857-1859
- Garneau, Cynthia, VIA 2019–present
- Garrett, John W. (1820–1884), B&O 1858–1884
- Garrett, Robert, II (1847–1896), B&O 1884–1887
- Gastler, Harold L., MKT 1975–1988
- George, W. H. Krome (1918–2004), NS 1979–1990
- Gibbons, William M. (1919–1990), RI 1975–1984
- Gibson, Gary, IHB -present
- Giles, John, RailAmerica, FEC 2008–present[70]
- Gilliland, Jack E., AT&N, SLSF 1965–.
- Gilmore, Robert C., SOO 1986–1987[14]
- Gillouard, Catherine, RATP 2017–present
- Gohlke, Reiner, DB 1982–1990
- Goode, David R. (b. 1941), NS 1991–2005
- Goodenow, William, MEC 1862–1863[9]
- Goodfellow, Thomas M., LIRR 1955–1967
- Gordon, Donald (1901–1969), CN 1950–1966
- Gorman, James E. (died 1942), RI 1917–1942
- Gorman, Paul, PC
- Goto, Shinpei (1857–1929), South Manchuria Railway 1906–1908
- Gould, George Jay, I (1864–1923), DRGW, WP, MP 1892–1915
- Gould, Jay (1836–1892), Erie 1868–1872, UP 1870s–1883, New York City elevated railroads 1881–1888, MP 1879–1892
- Gowen, Franklin B. (1836–1889), RDG 1866–1883
- Granet, Guy, Sir (1867–1943), Midland Railway (UK) 1906–1922, LMS 1923–1927
- Grant, James (1812–1891), RI 1851–1854[60]
- Gray, Carl R. (1867–1939), GN 1912–1914, WM 1914–1919, UP 1920–1937[71]
- Green, Chris, Virgin Rail Group 1999–2005, Network Rail 2005–2010
- Green, Fred J., CPR 2005–present[72]
- Greenough, Allen J. (1905–1974), PRR 1960–1968
- Grinstein, Gerald (b. 1932), BN 1985–1995[73]
- Grout, H. C., SOO 1944–1949[14]
- Grube, Rüdiger (b. 1951), DB 2009-2017
- Gunn, David L. (b. 1937), SEPTA 1979–1984, New York City MTA 1984–1990, WMATA 1991–1994, TTC 1995–1999, Amtrak 2002–2005[74][75]
- Gurley, Fred (1889–1976), ATSF 1944–1958[20][76]
H
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- Hagerman, John J. (1838–1909), CM 1885–1890
- Hall, Harold H., SOU 1980–1982
- Hall, John Manning, NH 1899−1903
- Haile, Columbus, MKT 1927–1930[36]
- Hanna, David Blyth (1858–1938), CNoR 1918–1919, CN 1919–1922
- Hannaford, Jule Murat (1850–1934), NP 1913–1920[77][78]
- James Theodore Harahan, IC 1906–1911[19]
- Harriman, E. H. (1848–1909), UP 1904–1909, SP 1901–1909
- Harris, Joseph Smith (1836-1910), Reading Company 1893-1901
- Harris, Robert (1830–1894), CB&Q 1876–1878, NP 1884–1888
- Harrison, Fairfax, SOU 1913–1937
- Harrison, E. Hunter (1944–2017), IC 1993–1998, CN 2003–2009. CP 2012–2017, CSX 2017
- Harrold, Orville R. (1932–2005), PW 1980–2005[43]
- Hartt, Jay Samuel (died 1962), CSS&SB 1938–1960[42]
- Havemeyer, Henry, LIRR 1875–1876
- Haverty, Mike (b. 1944), ATSF 1989–1995, KCS 1995–2010
- Haviland, Isaac E., LIRR 1850–1851 and 1852–1853
- Hayakawa, Senkichi, South Manchuria Railway 1921–1922
- Hayashi, Hakutaro, South Manchuria Railway 1932–1935
- Hays, Charles Melville, SP 1900–1901
- Heineman, Benjamin W. (1914–2012), CNW 1956–1968[79][80]
- Henrici, Jacob, P&LE 1881–1885
- Henry, Paula, UTAH 2008–present[49]
- Hicks, Valentine, LIRR 1837–1838
- Hill, James J. (1838–1916), SP&P 1873–1879, GN 1879–1907, NP
- Hill, Elaina, Ohio and National Railway Company 2019–Present
- Hiltz, John P. Jr., D&H 1967
- Hines, Walker D. (1870–1934), ATSF 1916–17, USRA 1918–1919
- Holden, Hale, SP 1928–1939
- Holliday, Cyrus K. (1826–1900), ATSF 1860–1863
- Hone, Philip (1780–1851), D&H 1825–1826
- Hooper, James, Erie two months in 1845
- Hood, John Mifflin, WM 1874–1902[28]: 41–44
- Hopkins, Mark (1813–1878), CP 1861–
- Hoppe, Charles W., LIRR 1990–1994
- Howard, Nathaniel Lamson (1884–1949), CGW 1925–1929
- Huges, Timo (b. 1965), NS (Dutch Railways) 2013–present
- Hughes, David, Amtrak 2005–2006[81]
- Hughitt, Marvin, CNW 1887–1910[79]
- Hungerford, Samuel J., CN 1932–1941
- Hunnewell, H. H. (1810–1902), KCFS&G, KCL&S
- Huntingdon, G. R., SOO 1922–1923[14]
- Huntington, Collis P. (1821–1900), CP 1862–, C&O 1871–1888
- Huntington, Henry E. (1850–1927), PE
- Hunton, Eppa Jr. (1855–1932), RFP 1920–1932
- Hurlbut, Hinman (1819–1884), CCCI
- Hustis, James H. (1864–1942), NH 1913–1914, B&M 1914–1926[82]
I
[edit]- Idrac, Anne-Marie (b. 1951), RATP 2002–2006, SNCF 2006–2008
- Ingalls, Melville E. (1842–1914), CCC&StL 1889–1905
- Ingram, John W., RI 1974–1975[83]
- Insull, Samuel (1859–1938), CNS&M, CA&E, CSS&SB 1925–1933[42]
- Ives, Brayton (1840–1914), NP 1893–1896[84]
J
[edit]- Jacobson, L. S. "Jake", CBRY -present
- Jaffray, C. T., SOO 1924–1937[14]
- Jeffers, William, UP 1937–
- Jenks, Downing B., RI 1956–1961, MP
- Jervis, John B. (1795–1885), RI 1851–1854[60]
Hugh J. Jewett - Johnson, Lucius E. (1846–1921), N&W 1904–1921
- Johnson, R. Ellis, RI 1961–1964
- Johnson, William B., IC 1967–1969[19]
- Johnston, Charles E. (1881–1951), KCS 1928–1938
- Johnston, Paul W., Erie 1949–1956
- Johnston, Wayne A. (1897–1967), IC 1945–1966[19][85]
- Joy, James F. (1810–1896), MC[31]
- Joyce, Patrick H. (1879–1946), CGW 1931–1946
K
[edit]- Kakiuchi, Takeshi, JR West −2005
- Kalikow, Peter S. (b. 1943), NYMTA 2001–2007
- Kamarás, Miklós, MÁV −2008[86][87][88]
- Kasyanov, Alexander, East Siberian Railway −2004
- Kawamura, Takeji, South Manchuria Railway 1922–1924
- Keddi, Herbert, DR 1989–1990
- Keep, Albert (1826–1907), CNW, LSMS
- Kenefick, John, UP 1971–1986
- Kenny, Raymond P., LIRR 2006–2007[51]
- Keyes, Henry (1810–1870), ATSF 1869–1870
- Kidde, Walter (1877–1943), NYSW 1937–1943[89]
- Kidder, John Flint (died 1901), NCNG −1901
- Kidder, Sarah, NCNG 1901–1913
- Kilbourn, Byron (1801–1870), Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849–1852
- Kiley, John P., MILW −1957
- Kimball, Benjamin, CS 1880[90]
Frederick J. Kimball - Kimmel, William (1812–1886), B&O
- King, James Gore (1791–1853), Erie 1835–1839
- King, John, Erie 1884–1894
- Kittson, Norman (1814–1888), SPM&M 1879–
- Klemm, Hans, DR 1990–1991
- Knott, Stuart R. (1859–1943), KCS 1900–1905
- Kohiyama, Naoto, South Manchuria Railway 1943–1945
- Kramer, Erwin, DR 1950–1970
- Krebs, Robert, SP 1982–1984, BNSF
- Kreikemeyer, Willi, DR 1949–1950
- Kruttschnitt, Julius, SP 1913–1925
- Kummant, Alexander (b. 1942), Amtrak 2006–2008[46][91][92][93][94]
- Kunisawa, Simbei, South Manchuria Railway 1917–1919
L
[edit]- Lafevers, Brad, GMA 2004–present[95]
- Langdon, Jervis Jr., RI 1965–1970
- Lawless, Ronald E., CN 1987–1992
- LeClair, Maurice (1927–2020), CN 1982–1986
- Leeds, William Bateman, RI 1901–1904[96]
- LeFrançois, Marc (b. 1939), Via 2000−2004
- Levine, John P., Pinsly -present
- Lewis, Drew (1931–2016), UP 1986–1997[97]
- Lewis, Roger (1912–1987), Amtrak 1971–1974[98]
- Linchevski, Ofer, Israel Railways 2005–present
- Loder, Benjamin (1801–1876), Erie 1845–1853
- Logan, William A., NYSW 1968–[56]
- Lok, Jesper, DSB 2011–present
- Lord, Eleazer (1788–1871), Erie 1833–1835, 1839–1841 and 1844–1845
- Lord, Henry C. (1824–1884), ATSF 1868–1869
- Loree, Leonor F. (1858–1940), B&O 1901–1903, D&H 1907–1938, KCS 1918–1920
- Lovett, Robert S. (1860–1932), SP 1909–1913, UP 1910–1911
- Lowden, Frank Orren (1861–1943), RI 1933–1943
- Lowry, Thomas (1843–1909), SOO 1889–1890, 1892–1909[14]
- Ludewig, Johannes (b. 1945), DB 1997–1999
M
[edit]- Macfarlane, Robert Stetson (1899–1982), NP 1951–1966[99]
William Mackenzie - MacMillan, Norman J. (1909–1978), CN 1967–1974
- MacNamara, G. Allen, SOO 1950–1960[14]
- Magdei, Vasilie V. (d. 2006), Ulaanbaatar Railway 2004–2006[100]
- Mahone, William (1826–1895), N&P 1853-1858
- Maidmen, Irving, NYSW
- Mallory, Francis (1807–1860), N&P
- Mann, Donald (1853–1934), CNoR
- Manvel, Allen (1837–1893), ATSF 1889–1893
- Markham, Charles H., IC 1911–1918[19]
- Marsh, Ernest S., ATSF 1958–1967[20]
- Marsh, Nathaniel, Erie 1861–1864
- Marsh, Samuel, Erie 1859–1861 and four months in 1864
- Martin, Edward L. (1837–1897), KCP&G 1889–1897
- Matsuoka, Yōsuke (1880–1946), South Manchuria Railway 1935–1939
- Maxwell, Gregory W., D&H 1970–1972
- Maxwell, William, Erie 1842–1843
- Mayer, Charles F. (1832–1904), B&O 1888–1896
- Maynard, Moses Jr., LIRR 1851–1852
- McAdoo, William G. (1863–1941), H&M 1902–1913; USRA 1917–18[101]
- McCabe, Frank Wells, D&H 1968
- McCahey, James B. Jr. (1920–1998), CSS&SB[102]
- McCrea, James, PRR 1907–1912
- McCreey, William, P&LE 1875–1877
- McDonald, Angus Daniel (1878–1941), SP 1932–1941
- McDonald, Morris (1865–1938), B&M 1913–1914, MEC 1914–1932[103]
- McGinnis, Patrick, B&M 1950–1960, NH 1954–[104]
- McGonagle, William Albert “Al” (1861-1930), DM&IR (president) 1902-1930[105]
- McIver, Bruce C., LIRR 1985–1989
- McKinnon, Arnold B., NS
- McLean, David G. A., CN -present
- McLeod, Archibald A., RDG
- McNear, Denman, SP 1976–1979
- McPherson, John D., IC, FEC 1999–2008[70]
- Meerstadt, Bert (b. 1961), NS (Dutch Railways) 2009–2013
- Mehdorn, Hartmut (b. 1942), DB 1999–2009
- Mellen, Charles Sanger (1852–1927), NP 1897–1903, NH 1903–, MEC 1910–1914[9][106]
- Menk, Louis W., NP 1966–1970, BN
- Mercier, Armand, SP 1941–1951
- Merrick, Samuel V., PRR 1847–1849
- Meyers, W. Heyward, PRR 1889-1915
- Mięclewski, Maciej, PKP −2004
- Miller, Dennis H., IAIS 2004–present
- Miller, E. Spencer (d. 2005), MEC 1952–1978[9]
- Millholland, James A., GC&C
- Minot, Charles, Erie Railroad 1850-45 and 1859–1864
- Mitchell, Alexander (1817–1887), MILW 1864–1887
- Moffat, David (1839–1911), DRGW 1887–1891, DNW&P 1902-1911
- Mohan, D.M. "Mike", SP 1984–1996
- Mohar, Mario, TFM −2005
- Mohler, A.L., UP 1911–1916
- Molson, John (1763–1836), C&StL
- Moore, W. Gifford, L&HR 1968–[107]
- Moorman, Charles W. (b. 1953), NS 2004–2015,[108] Amtrak 2016–2017
- Moran, Charles, Erie 1857–1859
- Moretti, Mauro (b. 1953), FS 2006–present
- Morrill, Anson P., MEC 1864–1866 and 1873–1875[9]
- Morris, William E., LIRR 1853–1862
- Moyes, Chris (1949–2006), Go-Ahead Group 2005–2006
- Moyers, Edward, SP −1995
- Mudge, Henry U., RI 1909–1915
- Murray, Leonard, SOO 1961–1978[14]
N
[edit]- Nakamura, Korekimi, South Manchuria Railway 1908–1913
- Nakamura, Yujiro, South Manchuria Railway 1914–1917
- Nash, John Francis (1908–2004), P&LE 1953–1956, LV
- Nast, William F. (1840–1893), ATSF 1868
- William Neal, CPR 1947–1948
- Newall, James E., CPR
- Newell, John, P&LE 1887–1896
- Newton, Daniel Howe (1827–1911), HT&W 1887–1905[3]
- Nickerson, Thomas (1810–1892), ATSF 1874–1880, CS 1880–1885[90]
- Nomura, Ryutaro, South Manchuria Railway 1913–1914 and 1919–1921
- Norris, Ernest E., SOU 1937–1951
- Norton, Henry K., NYSW 1943–1955
- Nuelle, Joseph H., D&H 1938–1954
O
[edit]- Oakes, Thomas Fletcher (1843–1919), NP 1888–1893[109]
- Oeftering, Heinz Maria, DB 1957–1972
- Oeser, Rudolf (1858–1926), Deutsche Reichsbahn 1924–1926
- Ogden, William Butler (1805–1877), G&CU 1848–1862, UP 1862–1863
- Ohmura, Takuichi, South Manchuria Railway 1939–1943
- Olyphant, George Talbot, D&H 1858–1869
- Olyphant, Robert M., D&H 1884–1903
- Osborn, Prime F., III, SCL, CSX
- Osipów, Andrzej (b. 1953), SKM 2006–2009
- Otsuka, Mutsutake (b. 1932), JR East 2000–present
- Ottensmeyer, Patrick J. (b. 1957), KCS 2015–present[110]
P
[edit]
- Packer, Asa (1805–1879), LV[4]
- Page, William N. (1854–1932), VGN
- Palmer, William Jackson (1836–1909), KP, D&RG 1870–1901
- Parkinson, David L., CFNR 1993–
- Patterson, William C., PRR 1849–1852
- Pattison, Robert K., LIRR 1976–1978
- Payne, Henry Clay (1843–1904), TMER&L, NP[3]
- Peabody, Charles A., IC 1918–1919[19]
- Pease, Edward (1767–1858), S&D 1825–1829
- Pelletier, Jean (1935–2009), Via 2001–2004[111]
- Pennington, Edmund, SOO 1909–1922[14]
- Pepy, Guillaume (b. 1958), SNCF 2008–present
- Perham, Josiah, NP 1864–1866
- Perlman, Alfred E. (1902–1983), NYC 1954–1968, PC 1968–1970, WP 1970–1973
- Peters, Ralph (1853–1923), LIRR 1905–1923[112]
- Phelps, John Jay (1810–1869), DLW −1853
- Phelps, Timothy Guy (1824–1899), SP 1865–1868
- Pick, Frank (1878–1941), LPTB 1933–1940
- Pitcairn, Robert (1836–1909), PRR Pittsburgh Division
- Plant, Henry B. (1819–1899), Plant System
- Pomeroy, Samuel C. (1816–1891), ATSF 1863–1868
- Poppenhusen, Adolph, LIRR 1877
- Poppenhusen, Conrad, LIRR 1876
- Post, Waldron B., LIRR 1838–1839
- Potter, William F., LIRR 1905
- Pound, Thaddeus C. (1833–1914), CF&W, StPEGT[113]
- Power, Thomas F. Jr., WC −2001
- Prendergast, Thomas F., LIRR 1994–2000, NYMTA 2013–present
- Provo, Larry S., CNW 1968–1976[80]
- Purdy, Warren G., RI 1898–1901[96]
Q
[edit]- Qawi, Hanafi Abdel, Egyptian Railways −2006[114]
- Quinlan, H.W., L&HR 1960–1968[107]
- Quinn, William John, MILW 1957–1966 CB&Q 1966–1970
R
[edit]
- Ramsdell, Homer, Erie 1853–1857
- Ramsey, Joseph Jr., WAB 1901–1905, WM 1903–1908[28]: 44, 48 [115]
- Rea, Samuel, PRR 1913–1925, LIRR 1923–1928
- Redfearn, Donald D. (b. 1953), RailAmerica
- Reed, James H., P&LE 1892–1896
- Reed, John Shedd (1917–2008), ATSF 1967–1986[20][116]
- Reid, Robert Gillespie (1842–1908), NFRy 1889–1908
- Reidy, Edward T. (1903–1975), CGW 1957–1968
- Reinhart, Joseph, ATSF 1893–1894
- Reistrup, Paul, Amtrak 1974–1978[117]
- Rice, Richard D., MEC 1870–1873[9]
- Rice, W. Thomas (1913–2006), RFP 1955–1957, ACL 1957–1967, SCL 1967–, CSX[118][119]
- Rich, Walter (1946–2007), NYSW 1980–[120]
- Riddle, Hugh (1822–1892), RI 1877–1883[121]
- Rión, Francisco Javier, TFM 2005–present
- Ripley, Edward Payson, ATSF 1896–1920[20]
- Ritchie, Robert J., CPR 1990–2005[122]
- Roberson, Bob, FWWR
- Roberts, George B., PRR 1880–1896
Tracy Robinson - Robinson, William Jr., O&P 1848–[124]
- Rogers, Henry H. (1840–1909), VGN
- Ronan, William J. (1912–2014), NYMTA 1965–1974
- Ropes, David N., LIRR 1876–1877
- Rose, Matthew K. (b. 1960), BNSF 1999–present[125]
- Ross, Walter L. (b. 1852), NKP 1929–[16]
- Rouvillois, Philippe, SNCF −1986
- Rowland, Landon H., KCS 1990–1991
- Rowland, Ross, Pacific Wilderness Railway 2000–2001
- Roy, Jon R., IAIS −2002
- Russell, Donald (1900–1985), SP 1952–1972
- Rutter, James H., NYC 1883–1885
S
[edit]- Sage, Russell (1816–1906), CM&StP
- St. Clair-Abrams, Alexander (1845–1931), TO&A
- Saunders, Stuart T. (1909–1987), N&W 1958–1963, PRR 1963–1968, PC 1968–1970
- Scannell, Daniel T., LIRR 1981
- Schaff, Charles E., MKT 1923–1926
- Schieffer, Kevin V., DME 1996–2008[126][127]
- Schlager, Walter L. Jr., LIRR 1969–1976
- Schmiege, Robert, CNW
- Schoonmaker, James M., P&LE
- Scott, I. Barry, CPR −1995
- Scott, Thomas A. (1823–1881), UP 1871–1874, PRR 1874–1880
- Scranton, George W. (1811–1861)
- Sease, Ralph E., NYSW 1955–1963
- Seger, C.B., UP 1918–1919
- Segień, Mikołaj, SKM -present[128]
- Sengeløv, Keld (d. 2006), DSB −2006
- Sengoku, Mitsugu, South Manchuria Railway 1928–1931
- Sharp, Thomas R., LIRR 1877–1881
- Shaughnessy, Thomas George (1853–1923), CPR 1899–1918
- Sheffield, Bill (b. 1928), ARR 1997–2001[129]
- Sheffield, Joseph Earl (1793–1882), Northampton Railroad
- Sherwood, Henry (1813–1896), W&L[4]
- Shoemaker, Kent, D&H 1978–1982
- Shoener, Arthur, KCS 2005–2008[130]
- Shoup, Paul, SP 1929–1932
- Shumate, Stuart, RFP 1961–1981[131]
- Simpson, Howard E. (1897–1985), B&O 1953–1961
- Sinclair, Ian David (1913–2006), CPR 1969–1981[132]
- Sloan, Matthew S., MKT 1933–1945
- Sloan, Samuel (1817–1907), DLW 1867–1899
- Smith, Alfred H. (1863–1924), NYC 1914–1924
- Smith, Charles E. RDG −1866
- Smith, John Gregory (1818–1891), NP 1866–1872
- Smith, Marvin Louis Vice President Operations Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Railroad 1962–1968
- Smith, Marvin Louis President St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1961–1962
- Smith, Richard Earl Trainmaster Texas-Pacific Missouri-Pacific Railroad 1961–1968
- Smucker, David E., LIRR 1949–1950
- Snow, John W. (b. 1939), B&O 1985–1986, CSXT 1986–1988
- Spencer, Samuel (1847–1906), B&O 1887–1888, SOU 1894–1906
- Speyer, Edgar (1862–1932), UERL 1906–1915
- Squires, James, NS 1992–2022
- Sprague, Lucian (1882–1960), M&StL 1935–
- Sproule, William, SP 1911–1918 and 1920–1928
- Stamp, Josiah (1880–1941) LMS 1926–
- Stanley, Albert, Lord Ashfield (1874–1948), UERL 1920–1933, LPTB 1933–1947
- Stanford, Leland (1824–1893), CP 1861–1868, SP 1868–1893
- Starling, David (b. 1950), KCS 2008–2016[133]
- Stauffer, Grant (died 1949), CGW 1948–1949
- Stephen, George (1829–1921), CPR 1881–1888
- Sterzing, Carl B., D&H 1972–1977
- Stickney, Alpheus Beede (1840–1916), CGW 1883–1909[134]
- Stilwell, Arthur Edward (1859–1928), KCP&G 1897–1900, KCM&O
- Stinson, William (b. 1935), CPR 1981–1990[135][136]
- Stockdale, Fletcher (c. 1823–1890), Indianola Railroad
- Stoddard, A.E., UP 1949–1965
- Storey, William Benson (1857–1940), ATSF 1920–1933[20]
- Strong, Henry, ATSF 1873–1874
- Strong, William Barstow (1837–1914), MC −1876, ATSF 1881–1889
- Swann, Thomas (1809–1883), B&O 1848–1853
- Swift, Charles M. (1854–1929), Meralco, Panay Railways, various Michigan companies
- Swinburn, Charles (b. 1942), RailAmerica
- Swartz, W. John, ATSF 1986–1989
- Symes, James H., PRR 1954–1963
T
[edit]- Taylor, Hamish, Eurostar 1996–1999
- Taylor, Knowles, LIRR 1835–1837
- Taylor, Walter H. (1838–1916), N&W
- Tellier, Paul (b. 1939), CN 1992–2003[137]
- Thayer, William F. (b. 1846), NNH[31]
- Thomas, Eben B., Erie 1894–1901
- Thomas, Philip E. (1776–1861), B&O 1827–1836
- Thomson, Frank, PRR 1897–1899
- Thomson, John Edgar (1808–1874), PRR 1852–1874
- Thornton, Henry W. (1871–1933), CN 1922–1932
- Tishanin, Alexander, East Siberian Railway 2004–present
- Tobias, Steven C., AWW -present
- Towner, Terry, ABS -present
- Tracy, John F., RI 1866–1877[138][139]
- Travis, Walter E., BAR[83]
- Truesdale, William (1851–1935), MSTL 1887, DLW 1899–1925[140]
- Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki (b. 1934), Seibu Railway −2004
- Turpin, Frank (1923–2005), ARR 1985–1993[141]
- Tuttle, Lucius, B&M 1893–[142]
- Twichell, Ginery (1811–1883), B&W 1857–, ATSF 1870–1873, BB&G, HT&W
U
[edit]- Uchida, Yasuka, South Manchuria Railway 1931–1932
- Underwood, Frederick D., Erie 1901–1927
V
[edit]
- Vaerst, Wolfgang, DB 1972–1982
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794–1877), NY&H 1862–, NYC 1867–
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, II (1843–1899), NYC 1885–
- Vanderbilt, Frederick William (1856–1938), NYC
- Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling (1884–1970), NYC
- Vanderbilt, William Henry (1821–1885), NYC
- Vanderbilt, William Kissam (1849–1920), NYC
- Vanderbilt, William Kissam, II (1878–1944), NYC
- van Boxtel, Roger (b. 1954), NS 2015—
- van der Burch, John, SRY 2000–2008[32]
William Cornelius Van Horne - Van Sweringen, Mantis James (1881–1935), NKP, Erie, PM, HV, C&O
- Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton (1879–1936), NKP, Erie, PM, HV, C&O
- Vaughan, Robert Charles, CN 1941–1949
- Veenman, Aad, NS (Dutch Railways) 2002–2009
- Villard, Henry (1835–1900), NP 1881–1884
- Von Miller, Harry W., Erie 1956–1960, EL 1960–
W
[edit]- Wach, Andrzej, PKP 2004–present
- Walker, Aldace F. (1842–1901), ATSF 1894–1895
- Walker, George, CPR 1948–1955
- Walsh, Mike, UP 1987–1991
- Walters, Henry (1848–1931), ACL
- Christopher O. Ward Executive Director of PANYNJ (2008-2011)
- Ward, Michael J., CSX 2003–2017
- Warrington, George (1952–2007), Amtrak 1998–2002[143]
- Washburn, William D. (1831–1912), SOO 1883–1889[14]
- Watkins, Hays T. Jr., Chessie System 1972–1986, CSX
- Watson, Peter H., Erie 1872–1874
- Webster, G. W., SOO 1937–1944[14]
- Weeks, James H., LIRR 1847–1850
- Wegner, Mark J., TCW 2007–present[57]
- West, Absolom M. (1818–1894), MSC 1864–
- White, William, D&H 1954–1967
- Whitehead, Charles N., MKT 1926
- Whitman, Reginald N., MKT 1970–1975[13]
- Wilbur, George B., CS 1885–1887[90]
- Wilcox, David, D&H 1903–1907
- Willard, Daniel (1861–1942), B&O 1910–1941
- Williams, Charles T., MKT 1961–1965
- Williams, Edward H. G&CU1859-65 PR1866-70[144]
- Williams, Helena E., LIRR 2007–present[51][145]
- Williams, John H., NWP 2006–present[146]
- Wilson, Robin H.H., LIRR 1981–1985
- Winchell, Benjamin L., RI 1904–1909
- Winter, Edwin (1845–1930), NP 1896–1897, BRT 1902–[147]
- Wolfe, James R. (1930–1988), Chicago and North Western[148]
- Woodruff, Robert E. (1884–1957), Erie 1939–1949[149]
- Wright, Charles Barstow, NP 1875–1879
- Wurtz, John, D&H 1831–1858
- Wyer, William, LIRR 1951–1954
Y
[edit]
- Yakunin, Vladimir (b. 1948), Russian Railways 2005–2015
- Yamamoto, Jyotaro, South Manchuria Railway 1927–1929
- Yamazaki, Masao, JR West 2005–present
- Yamazaki, Motoki, South Manchuria Railway 1945
- Yasuhiro, Banichiro, South Manchuria Railway 1924–1927
- Yerkes, Charles (1837–1905), UERL 1902–1905
- Yohe, Curtis M., P&LE 1929–1953
- Yohe, James B., P&LE
- Young, James R. (1952–2014), UP (president) 2004–2014 (CEO) 2006–2014
- Young, Robert R. (1897–1958), C&O 1942–, NYC 1954–1958
- Yulee, David Levy (1810–1886), Yulee Railroad
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