List of railroad executives
Following is a list of presidents and chief executive officers of railroad and railway systems worldwide.
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A
- Abbot, Edwin H., 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.
- Allen, John W. (1802–1887), CNR 1834, C&C 1845.[4]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, Samuel J., P&O.[8]
- Anschutz, Philip (born 1939), RG 1984-1988, SP 1988-1996.[9]
- Archbald, James, LSMS 1854-1856
- Arndt, Otto, DR 1970-1989.
- Ashby, G. F., UP 1946-1949.
- Ashley, James Mitchell (1824–1896), AA.
- Atkinson, Arthur K., WAB.
- Atterbury, William W. (1866–1935), PRR 1925-1935.
- Augustowski, Tadeusz, PKP −2005.[10]
B
- Baer, George Frederick (1842–1914), RDG 1901-1914.
- Bailey, E. H., UP 1965-1971.
- Baldwin, William H., Jr. (1863–1905), LIRR 1896-1905.[11]
- Bancroft, William Amos (born 1855), BER 1899-.[3]
- Bandeen, Robert (born 1930), CN 1974-1982.
- Banfield, Edward, GFS.
- Barriger, John W., III (1899–1976), Monon 1946-1953, P&LE 1956-1964, MKT 1965-1970, B&M 1973-1974.[12]
- Bauer, Kenneth J., LIRR 2000-2003.
- Beatty, Edward Wentworth (1877–1943), CPR 1918-1943.
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Richard Beeching
- Beckley, Thomas M., SOO 1978-1983.[13]
- Beeching, Richard (1913–1985), BR 1961-1965.
- 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.[14][15][16][17]
- Bertrand, Charles E., D&H 1977-1978.
- Besener, Willi, DR 1946-1949.
- Beven, John L., IC 1938-1945.[18]
- 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, KCRC 2006–present.
- Bledsoe, Samuel T. (1868–1939), ATSF 1933–1939.[19][20]
- Boardman, Joseph H., Amtrak 2008–present.[21][22]
- Boatner, Victor V. (1881–1950), CGW 1929-1931.
- Boeckmann, Alan L., BNSF.
- Bolton, John, D&H 1826-1831.
- Bond, Frank S., RDG 1883-.
- Bond, Hiram, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (TCI)
- Bowen, James, Erie 1841–1842.
- Bowman, Hollis, MEC 1863-1864.[8]
- Boyd, Alan Stephenson (born 1922), IC 1969-1972, Amtrak 1978-1982.[18][23][24]
- Brooke, George D., C&O 1933-, PM 1933-, NKP 1935-, VGN.[25]
- Brosnan, D. William (d. 1985), SOU 1962-1967.
- Brown, Revelle W., RDG.
- Bruce, Harry J., IC (1983–1990)
- Bryant, Gridley (1789–1867), Granite Railway.
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Ralph Budd
- Bryant, Robert E., BBRR -present.
- Budd, John M., GN.
- 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 (born 1953), UP 1996.[26]
- 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.[27]:48 [28][29]
- Busiel, Charles Albert (1842–1901), LSR, C&M.[30]
- Butzelaar, Frank, SRY 2008–present.[31]
C
- Cable, Ransom Reed, RI 1883-1898.[32]
- Cahill, Michael Harrison, MKT 1930-1933.[33]
- Calhoun, Patrick (1856–1943), URRSF.
- Calvin, E. E., UP 1916-1918.
- Carter, George L. (b. 1887), [34]CRR
- Carter, Thomas S. (b. 1921), 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.Alexander Cassatt
- Cavanaugh, Dennis Miles, SOO 1983–1986, 1987–1989.[13]
- Celinski, Krzysztof, PKP 2005–present.[10]
- 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., UP 1892-1898.
- Clarke, F. B., SP&S 1907-.[35]
- 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.
- Coleman, D'Alton Cory, CPR 1942-1947.
- Coleman, William C. (1901–1976), Monon 1962-1967.[36][37]
- Coliton, William P., CSS&SB 1961-.[38]
- Colket, Coffin, LIRR 1862-1863.
- Collins, David J., BPRR -present.
- Colnon, Aaron, RI 1942-1947.
- Conti, P. Scott, PW 2005–present.[39]
- Cooke, Jay (1821–1905), NP.
- Coolidge, T. Jefferson (1831–1920), ATSF 1880–1881.[3]
- Corbin, Austin (1827–1896), LIRR 1881-1896.
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Erastus Corning
- Corning, Erastus (1794–1872), U&S 1830s-1853, NYC 1853-1865.
- Côté, Paul, Via 2005–present.
- 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, SOU 1977-1980.
- Crocker, Charles (1822–1888), CP.
- Crosbie, William, Amtrak (acting) 2008.[40]
- Crump, Norris Ray "Buck" (1904–1989), CPR 1955-1964 and 1966.
- Crush, William, MKT.
- Culver, Andrew, Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad.
D
- Davidson, Richard K. (born 1942), UP (president) 1991-1996 (CEO) 1997-2006.[26][41]
- Davis, Champion McDonald, ACL.[42]
- Davis, James, UTAH 2002-2008.[43]
- Davis, Jerry, CSX 1989-1995, SP 1995-1996, UP 1996-1998.[26]
- deButts, Harry A., SOU 1951-1962.
- deForest, Henry, SP 1925-1932.
- Delatour, H.L., LIRR 1949-1950.
- Denney, Charles E. (born 1879), Erie 1929-1939, NP 1939-1950.[44]
- Depew, Chauncey M. (1834–1928), NYC 1885-1898.Chauncey M. Depew
- 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.[45]
- 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.[46]
- Dixon, William J., RI 1970-1974.
- Dodge, Edwin V., SOO 1989-.[13]
- Donnelly, Charles (1869–1939), NP 1920-1939.[47][48]
- Dougherty, A. A., SMV 1911-.
- Downs, Lawrence A., IC 1926-1938.[18]
- Downs, Thomas, Amtrak 1993-1998.[49]
- Draney, Herbert J., NYSW −1968.[50]
- Draper, William Henry, Jr. (1894–1974), LIRR 1950-1951.
- Drew, Daniel (1797–1879), Erie 1857-1870.
- Drusch, William F., TCW 2001-2007.[51]
- Ducharme, Rick (born 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.[52]
- Dürr, Heinz (born 1933), DB 1991-1993, DB AG 1993-1997.
E
- 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 (born 1860), NP 1903-1913, NH 1913-.[53]
- Emerson, Robert A. "Bob", CPR 1964-1966.
- Engel, Edward J., ATSF 1939–1944.[19]
- Erickson, E.O. "Jim", AA -present.
- Eriksen, Søren, DSB 2006–2011.
- Evans, Ike, UP 1998-2004.
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Stuyvesant Fish
F
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James Fisk
- Fadeev, Gennady, Russian Railways
- Farnam, Henry (1803–1883), RI 1854-1863.[54]
- 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.[13]
- 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.[55][56]
- Flagler, Henry Morrison (1830–1913), FEC 1885-1913.
- Fleming, Joseph B., RI 1933-1947.
- 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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John W. Garrett
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Shimpei Gotō
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Jay Gould
- Gabreski, Francis S. (1919–2002), LIRR 1978-1981.
- Gadsden, James (1788–1858), South Carolina Rail Road 1840-1850.[57]
- Gallois, Louis (born 1944), SNCF 1996-2006.
- Gamble, Patrick K. (born 1945), ARR 2001–present.[58][59]
- Gardner, William E., WSOR 1988–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., RI 1975-1984.
- Gibson, Gary, IHB -present.
- Giles, John, RailAmerica, FEC 2008–present.[60]
- Gilliland, Jack E., AT&N, SLSF 1965-.
- Gilmore, Robert C., SOO 1986-1987.[13]
- Gohlke, Reiner, DB 1982-1990.
- Goode, David R., NS.
- Goodenow, William, MEC 1862-1863.[8]
- 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.[54]
- Gray, Carl R. (1867–1939), GN 1912-1914, WM 1914-1919, UP 1920-1937.[61][62]
- Green, Chris, Virgin 1999-2005, Network Rail 2005–present.
- Green, Fred J., CPR 2005–present.[63]
- Greenough, Allen J., PRR 1960–1968.
- Grinstein, Gerald, BN 1985-1995.[64]
- Grout, H. C., SOO 1944-1949.[13]
- Grube, Rüdiger (born 1951), DB 2010-present
- Gunn, David L. (born 1937), SEPTA 1979-1984, New York City MTA 1984-1990, WMATA 1991-1994, TTC 1995-1999, Amtrak 2002-2005.[65][66]
- Gurley, Fred (1889–1976), ATSF 1944–1958.[19][67]
H
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E.H. Harriman
- Hagerman, John J. (1838–1909), CM 1885-1890.
- Hall, Harold H., SOU 1980-1982.
- Hall, John M., NH −1903.
- Haile, Columbus, MKT 1927-1930.[33]
- Hanna, David Blyth (1858–1938), CNoR 1918-1919, CN 1919-1922.
- Hannaford, Jule Murat (1850–1934), NP 1913-1920.[68][69]
- Hanrahan, James T., IC 1906-1911.[18]
- Harriman, E. H. (1848–1909), UP 1904-1909, SP 1901-1909.
- Harris, Robert (1830–1894), CB&Q 1876-1878, NP 1884-1888.
- Harrison, Fairfax, SOU 1913–1937.
- Harrison, E. Hunter (born 1944), IC 1993-1998, CN 2003–present.
- Harrold, Orville R. (1932–2005), PW 1980-2005.[39]
- Hartt, Jay Samuel (died 1962), CSS&SB 1938-1960.[38]
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Cyrus K. Holliday
- Havemeyer, Henry, LIRR 1875-1876.
- Haverty, Mike (born 1944), ATSF 1989-1995, KCS 1995–present.
- Haviland, Isaac E., LIRR 1850-1851 and 1852-1853.
- Hayakawa, Senkichi, South Manchuria Railway 1921-1922.
- Hayashi, Hakutaro, South Manchuria Railway 1932-1935.
- Hayes, Charles Melville, SP 1900-1901.
- Heineman, Benjamin W. (born 1914), CNW 1956-1968.[70][71]
- Henrici, Jacob, P&LE 1881-1885.
- Henry, Paula, UTAH 2008–present.[43]
- Hicks, Valentine, LIRR 1837-1838.
- Hill, James J. (1838–1916), SP&P 1873-1879, GN 1879-1907, NP.
- Hiltz, John P., Jr., D&H 1967.
- Hines, Walker D., ATSF 1916-17, USRA 1918-19.
- Holden, Hale, SP 1928-1939.
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Collis P. Huntington
- 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.[27]:41–44
- Hopkins, Mark (1813–1878), CP 1861-.
- Hoppe, Charles W., LIRR 1990-1994.
- Howard, Nathaniel Lamson (1884–1949), CGW 1925-1929.
- Huges, Timo (born 1965), NS (Dutch Railways) 2013-present
- Hughes, David, Amtrak 2005-2006.[72]
- Hughitt, Marvin, CNW 1887-1910.[70]
- Hungerford, Samuel J., CN 1932-1941.
- Hunnewell, H. H. (1810–1902), KCFS&G, KCL&S.
- Huntingdon, G. R., SOO 1922-1923.[13]
- Huntington, Collis P. (1821–1900), CP 1862-, C&O 1871-1888.
- Huntington, Henry E. (1850–1927), PE.
- Hustis, James H. (1864-1942), NH 1913-1914, B&M 1914-1926.[73]
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Anne-Marie Idrac
I
- Idrac, Anne-Marie (born 1951), RATP 2002-2006, SNCF 2006–2008.
- Ingalls, Melville E. (1842–1914), CCC&StL 1889-1905.
- Ingram, John W., RI 1974-1975.[74]
- Insull, Samuel (1859–1938), CNS&M, CA&E, CSS&SB 1925-1933.[38]
- Ives, Brayton C. (born 1841), NP 1893-1896.[75]
J
- Jacobson, L. S. "Jake", CBRY -present.
- Jaffray, C. T., SOO 1924-1937.[13]
- Jeffers, William, UP 1937-.
- Jenks, Downing B., RI 1956-1961, MP.
- Jervis, John B. (1795–1885), RI 1851-1854.[54]
- Jewett, Hugh J. (1817–1898), Erie 1874–1884.Hugh J. Jewett
- Johnson, Lucius E. (1846–1921), N&W 1904–1921.
- Johnson, R. Ellis, RI 1961-1964.
- Johnson, William B., IC 1967-1969.[18]
- Johnston, Charles E. (1881–1951), KCS 1928-1938.
- Johnston, Paul W., Erie 1949-1956.
- Johnston, Wayne A. (1897–1967), IC 1945-1966.[18][76]
- Joy, James F. (b. 1810), MC.[30]
- Joyce, Patrick H. (1879–1946), CGW 1931-1946.
K
- Kakiuchi, Takeshi, JR West −2005.
- Kalikow, Peter S. (born 1943), NYMTA 2001–2007.
- Kamarás, Miklós, MÁV −2008.[77][78][79]
- 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.[45]
- Keyes, Henry (1810–1870), ATSF 1869–1870.
- Kidde, Walter (1877–1943), NYSW 1937-1943.[80]
- 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.[81]
- Kimball, Frederick J. (1844–1903), N&W 1881-1903.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 (born 1942), Amtrak 2006-2008.[40][82][83][84][85]
- Kunisawa, Simbei, South Manchuria Railway 1917-1919.
L
- Lafevers, Brad, GMA 2004–present.[86]
- Langdon, Jervis, Jr., RI 1965-1970.
- Lawless, Ronald E., CN 1987-1992.
- LeClair, Maurice (born 1927), CN 1982-1986.
- Leeds, William Bateman, RI 1901-1904.[87]
- LeFrançois, Marc, Via −2004.
- Levine, John P., Pinsly -present.
- Lewis, Drew (born 1931), UP 1986-1997.[88]
- Lewis, Roger Amtrak 1971-1974.[89]
- Linchevski, Ofer, Israel Railways 2005–present.
- Loder, Benjamin, Erie 1845–1853.
- Logan, William A., NYSW 1968-.[50]
- Lok, Jesper, DSB 2011-present
- Lord, Eleazer, Erie 1833–1835, 1839–1841 and 1844–1845.
- Lord, Henry C. (born 1824), ATSF 1868–1869.
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Leonor Loree
- 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.[13]
- Ludewig, Johannes (born 1945), DB 1997-1999.
M
- Macfarlane, Robert Stetson (born 1899), NP 1951-1966.[90]
- Mackenzie, William (1849–1923), TSR 1891-, CNoR 1895-, Brascan 1899-.William Mackenzie
- MacMillan, Norman J. (1909–1978), CN 1967-1974.
- MacNamara, G. Allen, SOO 1950-1960.[13]
- Magdei, Vasilie V. (d. 2006), Ulaanbaatar Railway 2004-2006.[91]
- Mahone, William (1826–1895), N&P 1853-1858.
- Maidmen, Irving, NYSW.
- Mallory, Francis (1807–1860), N&P.
- Mann, Donald (1853–1934), CNoR.
- Manvel, Allen (b. 1837), ATSF 1889–1893.
- Markham, Charles H., IC 1911-1918.[18]
- Marsh, Ernest S., ATSF 1958–1967.[19]
- Marsh, Nathaniel, Erie 1861–1864.
- Marsh, Samuel, Erie 1859–1861 and four months in 1864.
- 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.[92]
- McCabe, Frank Wells, D&H 1968.
- McCahey, James B., Jr. (1920–1998), CSS&SB.[93]
- 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.[94]
- McGinnis, Patrick, B&M 1950-1960, NH 1954-.[95]
- McIntyre, J. C., DME 1986-1996.[96]
- 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.
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Hartmut Mehdorn
- McPherson, John D., IC, FEC 1999-2008.[60]
- Meerstadt, Bert (born 1961), NS (Dutch Railways) 2009-2013
- Mehdorn, Hartmut (born 1942), DB 1999–2009.
- Mellen, Charles Sanger (1852–1927), NP 1897-1903, NH 1903-, MEC 1910-1914.[8][97]
- Menk, Louis W., NP 1966-1970, BN.
- Mercier, Armand, SP 1941-1951.
- Merrick, Samuel V., PRR 1847–1849.
- Mięclewski, Maciej, PKP −2004.
- Miller, Dennis H., IAIS 2004–present
- Miller, E. Spencer (d. 2005), MEC 1952-1978.[8]
- Millholland, James A., GC&C.
- Minot, Charles, Erie Railroad 1850-45 & 1859-64
- 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.
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Anson Morrill
- Molson, John (1763–1836), C&StL.
- Moore, W. Gifford, L&HR 1968-.[98]
- Moorman, Charles W. (b. 1953), NS 2004–present.[99]
- Moran, Charles, Erie 1857–1859.
- Moretti, Mauro (born 1953), FS 2006–present
- Morrill, Anson P., MEC 1864-1866 and 1873-1875.[8]
- 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.[13]
N
- 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. (born 1840), ATSF 1868.
- William Neal, CPR 1947-1948.
- Newall, James E., CPR.
- Newell, John, P&LE 1887-1896.
- Newton, Daniel Howe (born 1827), HT&W 1887-1905.[3]
- Nickerson, Thomas (1810–1892), ATSF 1874–1880, CS 1880-1885.[81]
- Nomura, Ryutaro, South Manchuria Railway 1913-1914 and 1919-1921.
- Norris, Earnest E., SOU 1937-1951.
- Norton, Henry K., NYSW 1943-1955.
- Nuelle, Joseph H., D&H 1938-1954.
O
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William B. Ogden
- Oakes, Thomas Fletcher (1843–1919), NP 1888-1893.[100]
- Oeftering, Heinz Maria, DB 1957-1972.
- 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 (born 1953), SKM 2006–2009.
- Otsuka, Mutsutake (born 1932), JR East 2000-present.
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Asa Packer
P
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Guillaume Pepy
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John Jay Phelps
- 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.[18]
- Pease, Edward (1767–1858), S&D 1825-1829.
- Pelletier, Jean (1935–2009), Via 2001-2004.[101]
- Pennington, Edmund, SOO 1909-1922.[13]
- Pepy, Guillaume (born 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 (born 1853), LIRR 1905-1923.[102]
- 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.[103]
- Power, Thomas F., Jr., WC −2001.
- Prendergast, Thomas F., LIRR 1994-2000, NYMTA 2013-present.
- Provo, Larry S., CNW 1968-1976.[71]
- Purdy, Warren G., RI 1898-1901.[87]
Q
- Qawi, Hanafi Abdel, Egyptian Railways −2006.[104]
- Quinlan, H. W., L&HR 1960-1968.[98]
- Quinn, William John, MILW 1957-1966 CB&Q 1966-1970.
R
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Samuel Rea
- Ramsdell, Homer, Erie 1853–1857.
- Ramsey, Joseph, Jr., WAB 1901-1905, WM 1903-1908.[27]:44, 48[105]
- Rea, Samuel, PRR 1913–1925, LIRR 1923-1928.
- Redfearn, Donald D. (born 1953), RailAmerica.
- Reed, James H., P&LE 1892-1896.
- Reed, John Shedd (1917–2008), ATSF 1967–1986.[19][106]
- Reid, Robert Gillespie (1842–1908), NFRy 1889-1908.
- Reidy, Edward T. (born 1903), CGW 1957-1968.
- Reinhart, Joseph, ATSF 1893–1894.
- Reistrup, Paul, Amtrak 1974-1978.[107]
- Rice, Richard D., MEC 1870-1873.[8]
- Rice, W. Thomas (1913–2006), RFP 1955-1957, ACL 1957-1967, SCL 1967-, CSX.[108][109]
- Rich, Walter (1946–2007), NYSW 1980-.[110]
- Riddle, Hugh (1822–1892), RI 1877-1883.[32]
- Rión, Francisco Javier, TFM 2005–present.
- Ripley, Edward Payson, ATSF 1896–1920.[19]
- Ritchie, Robert J., CPR 1990-2005.[111]
- Roberson, Bob, FWWR
- Roberts, George B., PRR 1880–1896.
- Rogers, Henry H. (1840–1909), VGN.Henry H. Rogers
- Ronan, William J. (1912-2014), NYMTA 1965-1974.
- Ropes, David N., LIRR 1876-1877.
- Rose, Matthew K. (born 1960), BNSF 1999–present.[112]
- Ross, Walter L. (born 1852), NKP 1929-.[15]
- 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
- 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.[96][113]
- Schlager, Walter L., Jr., LIRR 1969-1976.
- Schmiege, Robert, CNW.
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Thomas A.Scott
- 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.[114]
- 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 (born 1928), ARR 1997-2001.[115]
- Sheffield, Joseph Earl (1793–1882), Northampton Railroad.
- Sherwood, Henry (1813–1896), W&L.[4]
- Shoemaker, Kent, D&H 1978-1982.
- Shoener, Arthur, KCS 2005–present.
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John W. Snow
- Shoup, Paul, SP 1929-1932.
- Shumate, Stuart, RFP 1961-1981.[116]
- Simpson, Howard E. (1897–1985), B&O 1953-1961.
- Sinclair, Ian David (1913–2006), CPR 1969-1981.[117]
- Sloan, Matthew S., MKT 1933-1945.
- Sloan, Samuel (1817-1907), DLW 1867-1899.
- Smith, Alfred H. (died 1924), NYC.
- Smith, Charles E. RDG −1866.
- Smith, John Gregory (1818–1891), NP 1866-1872.
- Smucker, David E., LIRR 1949-1950.
- Snow, John W. (born 1939), B&O 1985-1986, CSXT 1986-1988.
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Leland Stanford
- Spencer, Samuel (1847–1906), B&O 1887–1888, SOU 1894-1906.
- Speyer, Edgar (1862–1932), UERL 1906-1915.
- 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 (born 1950), KCS 2010-present.
- 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.[118]
- Stilwell, Arthur Edward (1859–1928), KCP&G −1899, KCM&O.
- Stinson, William (born 1935), CPR 1981-1990.[119][120]
- Stockdale, Fletcher (c. 1823-1890), Indianola Railroad.
- Stoddard, A. E., UP 1949-1965.
- Storey, William Benson (1857–1940), ATSF 1920–1933.[19]
- Strong, Henry, ATSF 1873–1874.
- Strong, William Barstow (1837–1914), MC −1876, ATSF 1881–1889.
- Swann, Thomas (1809–1883), B&O 1848–1853.
- Swinburn, Charles (born 1942), RailAmerica.
- Swartz, W. John, ATSF 1986–1989.
- Symes, James H., PRR 1954-1963.
T
- Taylor, Knowles, LIRR 1835-1837.
- Taylor, Walter H. (1838–1916), N&W.
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J. Edgar Thomson
- Tellier, Paul (born 1939), CN 1992-2003.[121]
- Thayer, William F. (born 1846), NNH.[30]
- 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.[122][123]
- Travis, Walter E., BAR.[74]
- Truesdale, William (1851–1935), MSTL 1887, DLW 1899-1925.[124]
- Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki (born 1934), Seibu Railway −2004.
- Turpin, Frank (1923–2005), ARR 1985–1993.[125]
- Tuttle, Lucius, B&M 1893-.[126]
- Twichell, Ginery (1811–1883), B&W 1857-, ATSF 1870–1873, BB&G, HT&W.
U
- Uchida, Yasuka, South Manchuria Railway 1931-1932.
- Underwood, Frederick D., Erie 1901-1927.
V
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 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 der Burch, John, SRY 2000-2008.[31]
- Van Horne, William Cornelius (1843–1915), CPR 1889–1899.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
- 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.
- Ward, Michael J., CSX 2003-.
- Warrington, George (1952–2007), Amtrak 1998-2002.[127]
- Washburn, William D. (1831–1912), SOO 1883-1889.[13]
- Watkins, Hays T., Jr., CSX.
- Watson, Peter H., Erie 1872-1874.
- Webster, G. W., SOO 1937-1944.[13]
- Weeks, James H., LIRR 1847-1850.
- Wegner, Mark J., TCW 2007–present.[51]
- West, Absolom M. (1818–1894), MSC 1864-.
- White, William, D&H 1954-1967.
- Whitehead, Charles N., MKT 1926.
- Whitman, Reginald N., MKT 1970-1975.[12]
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Daniel Willard
- Wilbur, George B., CS 1885-1887.[81]
- Wilcox, David, D&H 1903-1907.
- Willard, Daniel (1861–1942), B&O 1910-1941.
- Williams, Charles T., MKT 1961-1965.
- Williams, Helena E., LIRR 2007–present.[45][128]
- Williams, John H., NWP 2006–present.[129]
- Wilson, Robin H.H., LIRR 1981-1985.
- Winchell, Benjamin L., RI 1904-1909.
- Winter, Edwin (born 1845), NP 1896-1897, BRT 1902-.[130]
- Wolfe, James R. (1930–1988), Chicago and North Western.[131]
- Woodruff, Robert E. (1884–1957), Erie 1939-1949.[132]
- Wright, Charles Barstow, NP 1875-1879.
- Wurtz, John, D&H 1831-1858.
- Wyer, William, LIRR 1951-1954.
Y
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Vladimir Yakunin
- Yakunin, Vladimir (born 1948), Russian Railways 2005–present.
- 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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