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

Abbot, Edwin H., WC −1890
Adams, Charles Francis Jr., UP 1884–1890
Adams, Melvin O., BRB&L
Aikman, Frank Jr., LIRR 1967–1969
Allen, Horatio, Erie 1843–1844
Allen, John W., CNR 1834, C&C 1845
Allyn, Henry G. Jr., P&LE 1969–1993
Alpert, George, NH
Altschul, Selig, D&H 1977
Ames, Oliver Jr., UP 1866–1871
Anderson, Richard H., Amtrak 2017–2020
Anderson, Samuel J., P&O
Anschutz, Philip, RG 1984–1988, SP 1988–1996
Archbald, James, LSMS 1854–1856
Arndt, Otto, DR 1970–1989
Ashby, G. F., UP 1946–1949
Ashley, James Mitchell, AA
Atkinson, Arthur K., WAB 1947–1960
Atterbury, William W., PRR 1925–1935
Augustowski, Tadeusz, PKP −2005

B

Baer, George Frederick, RDG 1901–1914
Bailey, E. H., UP 1965–1971
Baldwin, William H. Jr., LIRR 1896–1905
Bancroft, William Amos, BER 1899–
Bandeen, Robert, CN 1974–1982
Banfield, Edward, GFS
Barriger, John W., III, Monon 1946–1953, P&LE 1956–1964, MKT 1965–1970, B&M 1973–1974
Bauer, Kenneth J., LIRR 2000–2003
Beatty, Edward Wentworth, CPR 1918–1943
Beckley, Thomas M., SOO 1978–1983
Beeching, Richard, BR 1961–1965
Belozyorov, Oleg, Russian Railways 2015-present
Bennett, James I., P&LE 1877–1881
Berdell, Robert H., Erie 1864–1867
Bernet, John J., NKP 1916–1926, Erie 1927–1929, C&O 1929–1932, NKP 1933–1935
Bertrand, Charles E., D&H 1977–1978
Besener, Willi, DR 1946–1949
Beven, John L., IC 1938–1945
Biaggini, Benjamin, SP 1964–1983
Billings, Frederick H., NP 1879–1881
Blackstone, Timothy B., CA 1864–1899
Blake, Ronald James, KCRC 2006–present
Bledsoe, Samuel T., ATSF 1933–1939
Boardman, Joseph H., Amtrak 2008–2016
Boatner, Victor V., CGW 1929–1931
Bolton, John, D&H 1826–1831
Bond, Frank S., RDG 1883–
Bond, Hiram, TCI 1889–1891
Borne, Élisabeth, RATP 2015–2017
Bowen, James, Erie 1841–1842
Bowman, Hollis, MEC 1863–1864
Boyd, Alan Stephenson, IC 1969–1972, Amtrak 1978–1982
Brooke, George D., C&O 1933–, PM 1933–, NKP 1935–, VGN
Brosnan, D. William, SOU 1962–1967
Brown, Revelle W., RDG
Bruce, Harry J., IC 1983–1990
Bryant, Gridley, Granite Railway
Bryant, Robert E., BBRR -present
Budd, John M., CEI 1947–1949, GN 1951–1970, BN 1970–1972
Budd, Ralph, GN 1919–1932, CB&Q 1932–1949
Buenrostro, Hugo Jiménez, KCSM 2006–present
Buford, Algernon S., 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, UP 1996
Burt, Horace G., UP 1898–1904
Burtness, Harold W., CGW 1946–1948
Bury, Oliver Robert Hawke, GWR Brazil 1892–1894, GNR 1902–1912, LNER 1912–1945
Bush, Benjamin Franklin, WM 1907–1911, MP 1911–1923, D&RG 1912–1915, WP 1913–1915
Busiel, Charles Albert, LSR, C&M
Butzelaar, Frank, SRY 2008–present

C

Cable, Ransom Reed, RI 1883–1898

Cahill, Michael Harrison, MKT 1930–1933
Calhoun, Patrick, URRSF
Calvin, E. E., UP 1916–1918
Carpenter, Alvin "Pete", CSX 1992–1999
Carter, George L.,CRR
Carter, Thomas S., KCS 1973–1986
Cass, George Washington, O&P 1856, PFW&C 1857–83, NP 1872–75
Cassatt, Alexander, PRR 1899–1906
Cavanaugh, Dennis Miles, SOO 1983–1986, 1987–1989
Celinski, Krzysztof, PKP 2005–present
Chapin, Chester W., B&A 1868–1878
Charlick, Oliver, LIRR 1863–1875
Chipley, William Dudley, C&R, P&A
Christy, Doug, IAIS
Clark, Horace F., UP 1872–1873
Clark, John P., NYSW
Clark, S.H.H., UP 1892–1898
Clarke, F. B., SP&S 1907–
Claytor, Robert B., N&W 1981–1982, NS 1982–1993
Claytor, W. Graham Jr., SOU 1967–1977, Amtrak 1982–1993
Clement, Martin W., PRR 1935–1948
Coe, William R., VGN
Coholan, Ryan D, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Coleman, D'Alton Corry, CPR 1942–1947
Coleman, William C., Monon 1962–1967
Coliton, William P., CSS&SB 1961–
Colket, Coffin, LIRR 1862–1863
Collins, David J., BPRR -present
Colnon, Aaron, RI 1942–1947
Conti, P. Scott, PW 2005–present
Cooke, Jay, NP
Coolidge, T. Jefferson, ATSF 1880–1881
Corbin, Austin, LIRR 1881–1896
Corning, Erastus, U&S 1830s–1853, NYC 1853–1865
Côté, Paul, Via 2005–2010
Couch, C. P. "Pete", KCS 1939–1941
Couch, Harvey C., KCS 1939
Cowen, John K., B&O 1896–1901
Crane, L. Stanley, SOU 1977–1980
Crocker, Charles, CP
Crosbie, William, Amtrak 2008
Crump, Norris Ray "Buck", CPR 1955–1964 and 1966
Crush, William, MKT
Culver, Andrew, Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad

D

Davidson, Richard K., UP 1991–1996 1997–2006
Davis, Champion McDonald, ACL
Davis, James, UTAH 2002–2008
Davis, Jerry, CSX 1989–1995, SP 1995–1996, UP 1996–1998
deButts, Harry A., SOU 1951–1962
deForest, Henry, SP 1925–1932
Delatour, H.L., LIRR 1949–1950
Denney, Charles E., Erie 1929–1939, NP 1939–1950

Depew, Chauncey M., NYC 1885–1898
Deramus, William N. Jr., KCS 1941–1961
Deramus, William N., III, CGW 1949–1957, MKT 1957–1961, KCS 1961–1973
Deramus, William N., IV, KCS 1986–1990
Dermody, James J., LIRR 2003–2006
Dickinson, Jacob M., RI 1915–1917
Dickson, Thomas, D&H 1869–1884
Dillon, Sidney, UP 1874–1884 and 1890–1892
Dix, John Adams, C&RI, M&M, UP 1863–1868, Erie 1872
Dixon, William J., RI 1970–1974
Dodge, Edwin V., SOO 1989–
Donnelly, Charles, NP 1920–1939
Dorpmuller, Julius, Deutsche Reichsbahn 1926–1945
Dougherty, A. A., SMV 1911–
Downs, Lawrence A., IC 1926–1938
Downs, Thomas, Amtrak 1993–1998
Draney, Herbert J., NYSW −1968
Draper, William Henry Jr., LIRR 1950–1951
Drew, Daniel, Erie 1857–1870
Drusch, William F., TCW 2001–2007
Ducharme, Rick, 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
Dürr, Heinz, DB 1991–1993, DB AG 1993–1997

E

Eaton, Cyrus S., C&O 1950s
Edson, Job A., KCS 1905–1918 and 1920–1927
Edwards, George W., KCS 1991–1995
Eldridge, John S., Erie 1867–1868
Elliott, Howard, NP 1903–1913, NH 1913–1917
Emerson, Robert A. "Bob", CPR 1964–1966
Engel, Edward J., ATSF 1939–1944
Erickson, E.O. "Jim", AA -present
Eriksen, Søren, DSB 2006–2011
Evans, Ike, UP 1998–2004

F

Fadeev, Gennady, Russian Railways
Farnam, Henry, RI 1854–1863
Farrington, John Dow, RI 1948–1955
Felton, Samuel Morse Jr., 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
Fish, Stuyvesant, 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"), Erie
Fitzgerald, J. M., WM 1913–1914
Flagler, Henry Morrison, FEC 1885–1913
Fleming, Joseph B., RI 1933–1947
Flynn, William J., Amtrak 2020–
Forbes, John Murray, MC 1846–1855, CB&Q
Fordyce, Samuel W., 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

Gabreski, Francis S., LIRR 1978–1981
Gadsden, James, South Carolina Rail Road 1840–1850
Gallois, Louis, SNCF 1996–2006
Gamble, Patrick K., ARR 2001–present
Gardner, Stephen J., Amtrak 2009–present
Gardner, William A., CNW 1910–1916
Gardner, William E., WSOR 1988–present
McClellan George B., P 1857-1859
Garneau, Cynthia, VIA 2019–present
Garrett, John W., B&O 1858–1884
Garrett, Robert, II, B&O 1884–1887
Gastler, Harold L., MKT 1975–1988
George, W. H. Krome, NS 1979–1990
Gibbons, William M., RI 1975–1984
Gibson, Gary, IHB -present
Giles, John, RailAmerica, FEC 2008–present
Gilliland, Jack E., AT&N, SLSF 1965–
Gilmore, Robert C., SOO 1986–1987
Gillouard, Catherine, RATP 2017–present
Gohlke, Reiner, DB 1982–1990
Goode, David R., NS 1991–2005
Goodenow, William, MEC 1862–1863
Goodfellow, Thomas M., LIRR 1955–1967
Gordon, Donald, CN 1950–1966
Gorman, James E., RI 1917–1942
Gorman, Paul, PC
Goto, Shinpei, South Manchuria Railway 1906–1908
Gould, George Jay, I, DRGW, WP, MP 1892–1915
Gould, Jay, Erie 1868–1872, UP 1870s–1883, New York City elevated railroads 1881–1888, MP 1879–1892
Gowen, Franklin B., RDG 1866–1883
Granet, Guy, Sir, Midland Railway 1906–1922, LMS 1923–1927
Grant, James, RI 1851–1854
Gray, Carl R., GN 1912–1914, WM 1914–1919, UP 1920–1937
Green, Chris, Virgin Rail Group 1999–2005, Network Rail 2005–2010
Green, Fred J., CPR 2005–present
Greenough, Allen J., PRR 1960–1968
Grinstein, Gerald, BN 1985–1995
Grout, H. C., SOO 1944–1949
Grube, Rüdiger, DB 2009–2017
Gunn, David L., SEPTA 1979–1984, New York City MTA 1984–1990, WMATA 1991–1994, TTC 1995–1999, Amtrak 2002–2005
Gurley, Fred, ATSF 1944–1958

H

Hagerman, John J., CM 1885–1890
Hall, Harold H., SOU 1980–1982
Hall, John Manning, NH 1899−1903
Haile, Columbus, MKT 1927–1930
Hanna, David Blyth, CNoR 1918–1919, CN 1919–1922
Hannaford, Jule Murat, NP 1913–1920
James Theodore Harahan, IC 1906–1911
Harriman, E. H., UP 1904–1909, SP 1901–1909
Harris, Joseph Smith, Reading Company 1893–1901
Harris, Robert, CB&Q 1876–1878, NP 1884–1888
Harrison, Fairfax, SOU 1913–1937
Harrison, E. Hunter, IC 1993–1998, CN 2003–2009, CP 2012–2017, CSX 2017
Harrold, Orville R., PW 1980–2005
Hartt, Jay Samuel, CSS&SB 1938–1960
Havemeyer, Henry, LIRR 1875–1876
Haverty, Mike, 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., CNW 1956–1968
Henrici, Jacob, P&LE 1881–1885
Henry, Paula, UTAH 2008–present
Hicks, Valentine, LIRR 1837–1838
Hill, James J., 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., ATSF 1916–17, USRA 1918–1919
Holden, Hale, SP 1928–1939
Holliday, Cyrus K., ATSF 1860–1863
Hone, Philip, D&H 1825–1826
Hooper, James, Erie two months in 1845
Hood, John Mifflin, WM 1874–1902
Hopkins, Mark, CP 1861–
Hoppe, Charles W., LIRR 1990–1994
Howard, Nathaniel Lamson, CGW 1925–1929
Huges, Timo, NS 2013–present
Hughes, David, Amtrak 2005–2006
Hughitt, Marvin, CNW 1887–1910
Hungerford, Samuel J., CN 1932–1941
Hunnewell, H. H., KCFS&G, KCL&S
Huntingdon, G. R., SOO 1922–1923
Huntington, Collis P., CP 1862–, C&O 1871–1888
Huntington, Henry E., PE
Hunton, Eppa Jr., RFP 1920–1932
Hurlbut, Hinman, CCCI
Hustis, James H., NH 1913–1914, B&M 1914–1926

I

Idrac, Anne-Marie, RATP 2002–2006, SNCF 2006–2008
Ingalls, Melville E., CCC&StL 1889–1905
Ingram, John W., RI 1974–1975
Insull, Samuel, CNS&M, CA&E, CSS&SB 1925–1933
Ives, Brayton, NP 1893–1896

J

Jacobson, L. S. "Jake", CBRY -present
Jaffray, C. T., SOO 1924–1937
Jeffers, William, UP 1937–
Jenks, Downing B., RI 1956–1961, MP
Jervis, John B., RI 1851–1854
Jewett, Hugh J., Erie 1874–1884
Johnson, Lucius E., N&W 1904–1921
Johnson, R. Ellis, RI 1961–1964
Johnson, William B., IC 1967–1969
Johnston, Charles E., KCS 1928–1938
Johnston, Paul W., Erie 1949–1956
Johnston, Wayne A., IC 1945–1966
Jonan, Ignasius., PT KAI 2009–2014
Joy, James F., MC
Joyce, Patrick H., CGW 1931–1946

K

Kakiuchi, Takeshi, JR West −2005
Kalikow, Peter S., NYMTA 2001–2007
Kamarás, Miklós, MÁV −2008
Kasyanov, Alexander, East Siberian Railway −2004
Kawamura, Takeji, South Manchuria Railway 1922–1924
Keddi, Herbert, DR 1989–1990
Keep, Albert, CNW, LSMS
Kenefick, John, UP 1971–1986
Kenny, Raymond P., LIRR 2006–2007
Keyes, Henry, ATSF 1869–1870
Kidde, Walter, NYSW 1937–1943
Kidder, John Flint, NCNG −1901
Kidder, Sarah, NCNG 1901–1913
Kilbourn, Byron, Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849–1852
Kiley, John P., MILW −1957
Kimball, Benjamin, CS 1880
Kimball, Frederick J., N&W 1881–1903
Kimmel, William, B&O
King, James Gore, Erie 1835–1839
King, John, Erie 1884–1894
Kittson, Norman, SPM&M 1879–
Klemm, Hans, DR 1990–1991
Knott, Stuart R., 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, Amtrak 2006–2008
Kunisawa, Simbei, South Manchuria Railway 1917–1919

L

Lafevers, Brad, GMA 2004–present
Langdon, Jervis Jr., RI 1965–1970
Lawless, Ronald E., CN 1987–1992
LeClair, Maurice, CN 1982–1986
Leeds, William Bateman, RI 1901–1904
LeFrançois, Marc, Via 2000−2004
Levine, John P., Pinsly -present
Lewis, Drew, UP 1986–1997
Lewis, Roger, Amtrak 1971–1974
Linchevski, Ofer, Israel Railways 2005–present
Loder, Benjamin, Erie 1845–1853
Logan, William A., NYSW 1968–
Lok, Jesper, DSB 2011–present
Lord, Eleazer, Erie 1833–1835, 1839–1841 and 1844–1845
Lord, Henry C., ATSF 1868–1869
Loree, Leonor F., B&O 1901–1903, D&H 1907–1938, KCS 1918–1920
Lovett, Robert S., SP 1909–1913, UP 1910–1911
Lowden, Frank Orren, RI 1933–1943
Lowry, Thomas, SOO 1889–1890, 1892–1909
Ludewig, Johannes, DB 1997–1999

M

Macfarlane, Robert Stetson, NP 1951–1966
Mackenzie, William, TSR 1891–, CNoR 1895–, Brascan 1899–
MacMillan, Norman J., CN 1967–1974
MacNamara, G. Allen, SOO 1950–1960
Magdei, Vasilie V., Ulaanbaatar Railway 2004–2006
Mahone, William, N&P 1853-1858
Maidmen, Irving, NYSW
Mallory, Francis, N&P
Mann, Donald, CNoR
Manvel, Allen, ATSF 1889–1893
Markham, Charles H., IC 1911–1918
Marsh, Ernest S., ATSF 1958–1967
Marsh, Nathaniel, Erie 1861–1864
Marsh, Samuel, Erie 1859–1861 and four months in 1864
Martin, Edward L., KCP&G 1889–1897
Matsuoka, Yōsuke, South Manchuria Railway 1935–1939
Maxwell, Gregory W., D&H 1970–1972
Maxwell, William, Erie 1842–1843
Mayer, Charles F., B&O 1888–1896
Maynard, Moses Jr., LIRR 1851–1852
McAdoo, William G., H&M 1902–1913; USRA 1917–18
McCabe, Frank Wells, D&H 1968
McCahey, James B. Jr., CSS&SB
McCrea, James, PRR 1907–1912
McCreey, William, P&LE 1875–1877
McDonald, Angus Daniel, SP 1932–1941
McDonald, Morris, B&M 1913–1914, MEC 1914–1932
McGinnis, Patrick, B&M 1950–1960, NH 1954–
McGonagle, William Albert "Al", DM&IR 1902-1930
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
Meerstadt, Bert, NS 2009–2013
Mehdorn, Hartmut, DB 1999–2009
Mellen, Charles Sanger, NP 1897–1903, NH 1903–, MEC 1910–1914
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, MEC 1952–1978
Millholland, James A., GC&C
Minot, Charles, Erie Railroad 1850-45 and 1859–1864
Mitchell, Alexander, MILW 1864–1887
Moffat, David, 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, C&StL
Moore, W. Gifford, L&HR 1968–
Moorman, Charles W., NS 2004–2015, Amtrak 2016–2017
Moran, Charles, Erie 1857–1859
Moretti, Mauro, FS 2006–present
Morrill, Anson P., MEC 1864–1866 and 1873–1875
Morris, William E., LIRR 1853–1862
Moyes, Chris, Go-Ahead Group 2005–2006
Moyers, Edward, SP −1995
Mudge, Henry U., RI 1909–1915
Murray, Leonard, SOO 1961–1978

N

Nakamura, Korekimi, South Manchuria Railway 1908–1913
Nakamura, Yujiro, South Manchuria Railway 1914–1917
Nash, John Francis, P&LE 1953–1956, LV
Nast, William F., ATSF 1868
William Neal, CPR 1947–1948
Newall, James E., CPR
Newell, John, P&LE 1887–1896
Newton, Daniel Howe, HT&W 1887–1905
Nickerson, Thomas, ATSF 1874–1880, CS 1880–1885
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

Oakes, Thomas Fletcher, NP 1888–1893
Oeftering, Heinz Maria, DB 1957–1972
Oeser, Rudolf, Deutsche Reichsbahn 1924–1926
Ogden, William Butler, 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, SKM 2006–2009
Otsuka, Mutsutake, JR East 2000–present
Ottensmeyer, Patrick J., KCS 2015–present

P

Packer, Asa, LV
Page, William N., VGN
Palmer, William Jackson, 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, TMER&L, NP
Peabody, Charles A., IC 1918–1919
Pease, Edward, S&D 1825–1829
Pelletier, Jean, Via 2001–2004
Pennington, Edmund, SOO 1909–1922
Pepy, Guillaume, SNCF 2008–present
Perham, Josiah, NP 1864–1866
Perlman, Alfred E., NYC 1954–1968, PC 1968–1970, WP 1970–1973
Peters, Ralph, LIRR 1905–1923
Phelps, John Jay, DLW −1853
Phelps, Timothy Guy, SP 1865–1868
Pick, Frank, LPTB 1933–1940
Pitcairn, Robert, PRR Pittsburgh Division
Plant, Henry B., Plant System
Pomeroy, Samuel C., 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., CF&W, StPEGT
Power, Thomas F. Jr., WC −2001
Prendergast, Thomas F., LIRR 1994–2000, NYMTA 2013–present
Provo, Larry S., CNW 1968–1976
Purdy, Warren G., RI 1898–1901

Q

Qawi, Hanafi Abdel, Egyptian Railways −2006
Quinlan, H.W., L&HR 1960–1968
Quinn, William John, MILW 1957–1966 CB&Q 1966–1970

R

Ramsdell, Homer, Erie 1853–1857
Ramsey, Joseph Jr., WAB 1901–1905, WM 1903–1908
Rea, Samuel, PRR 1913–1925, LIRR 1923–1928
Redfearn, Donald D., RailAmerica
Reed, James H., P&LE 1892–1896
Reed, John Shedd, ATSF 1967–1986
Reid, Robert Gillespie, NFRy 1889–1908
Reidy, Edward T., CGW 1957–1968
Reinhart, Joseph, ATSF 1893–1894
Reistrup, Paul, Amtrak 1974–1978
Rice, Richard D., MEC 1870–1873
Rice, W. Thomas, RFP 1955–1957, ACL 1957–1967, SCL 1967–, CSX
Rich, Walter, NYSW 1980–
Riddle, Hugh, RI 1877–1883
Rión, Francisco Javier, TFM 2005–present
Ripley, Edward Payson, ATSF 1896–1920
Ritchie, Robert J., CPR 1990–2005
Roberson, Bob, FWWR
Roberts, George B., PRR 1880–1896
Robinson, Tracy A., CN 2022–present
Robinson, William Jr., O&P 1848–
Rogers, Henry H., VGN
Ronan, William J., NYMTA 1965–1974
Ropes, David N., LIRR 1876–1877
Rose, Matthew K., BNSF 1999–present
Ross, Walter L., NKP 1929–
Rouvillois, Philippe, SNCF −1986
Rowland, Landon H., KCS 1990–1991
Rowland, Ross, Pacific Wilderness Railway 2000–2001
Roy, Jon R., IAIS −2002
Russell, Donald, SP 1952–1972
Rutter, James H., NYC 1883–1885

S

Sage, Russell, CM&StP
St. Clair-Abrams, Alexander, TO&A
Saunders, Stuart T., 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
Schlager, Walter L. Jr., LIRR 1969–1976
Schmiege, Robert, CNW
Schoonmaker, James M., P&LE
Scott, I. Barry, CPR −1995
Scott, Thomas A., UP 1871–1874, PRR 1874–1880
Scranton, George W.
Sease, Ralph E., NYSW 1955–1963
Seger, C.B., UP 1918–1919
Segień, Mikołaj, SKM -present
Sengeløv, Keld, DSB −2006
Sengoku, Mitsugu, South Manchuria Railway 1928–1931
Sharp, Thomas R., LIRR 1877–1881
Shaughnessy, Thomas George, CPR 1899–1918
Sheffield, Bill, ARR 1997–2001
Sheffield, Joseph Earl, Northampton Railroad
Sherwood, Henry, W&L
Shoemaker, Kent, D&H 1978–1982
Shoener, Arthur, KCS 2005–2008
Shoup, Paul, SP 1929–1932
Shumate, Stuart, RFP 1961–1981
Simpson, Howard E., B&O 1953–1961
Sinclair, Ian David, CPR 1969–1981
Sloan, Matthew S., MKT 1933–1945
Sloan, Samuel, DLW 1867–1899
Smith, Alfred H., NYC 1914–1924
Smith, Charles E. RDG −1866
Smith, John Gregory, 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&O 1985–1986, CSXT 1986–1988
Spencer, Samuel, B&O 1887–1888, SOU 1894–1906
Speyer, Edgar, UERL 1906–1915
Squires, James, NS 1992–2022
Sprague, Lucian, M&StL 1935–
Sproule, William, SP 1911–1918 and 1920–1928
Stamp, Josiah LMS 1926–
Stanley, Albert, Lord Ashfield, UERL 1920–1933, LPTB 1933–1947
Stanford, Leland, CP 1861–1868, SP 1868–1893
Starling, David, KCS 2008–2016
Stauffer, Grant, CGW 1948–1949
Stephen, George, CPR 1881–1888
Sterzing, Carl B., D&H 1972–1977
Stickney, Alpheus Beede, CGW 1883–1909
Stilwell, Arthur Edward, KCP&G 1897–1900, KCM&O
Stinson, William, CPR 1981–1990
Stockdale, Fletcher, Indianola Railroad
Stoddard, A.E., UP 1949–1965
Storey, William Benson, ATSF 1920–1933
Strong, Henry, ATSF 1873–1874
Strong, William Barstow, MC −1876, ATSF 1881–1889
Swann, Thomas, B&O 1848–1853
Swartz, W. John, ATSF 1986–1989
Swift, Charles M., Meralco, Panay Railways, various Michigan companies
Swinburn, Charles, RailAmerica
Symes, James H., PRR 1954–1963

T

Taylor, Hamish, Eurostar 1996–1999
Taylor, Knowles, LIRR 1835–1837
Taylor, Walter H., N&W
Tellier, Paul, CN 1992–2003
Thayer, William F., NNH
Thomas, Eben B., Erie 1894–1901
Thomas, Philip E., B&O 1827–1836
Thomson, Frank, PRR 1897–1899
Thomson, John Edgar, PRR 1852–1874
Thornton, Henry W., 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
Travis, Walter E., BAR
Truesdale, William, MSTL 1887, DLW 1899–1925
Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki, Seibu Railway −2004
Turpin, Frank, ARR 1985–1993
Tuttle, Lucius, B&M 1893–
Twichell, Ginery, 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

Vaerst, Wolfgang, DB 1972–1982
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, NY&H 1862–, NYC 1867–
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, II, NYC 1885–
Vanderbilt, Frederick William, NYC
Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling, NYC
Vanderbilt, William Henry, NYC
Vanderbilt, William Kissam, NYC
Vanderbilt, William Kissam, II, NYC
van Boxtel, Roger, NS 2015—
van der Burch, John, SRY 2000–2008
Van Horne, William Cornelius, CPR 1889–1899
Van Sweringen, Mantis James, NKP, Erie, PM, HV, C&O
Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, NKP, Erie, PM, HV, C&O
Vaughan, Robert Charles, CN 1941–1949
Veenman, Aad, NS 2002–2009
Villard, Henry, NP 1881–1884
Von Miller, Harry W., Erie 1956–1960, EL 1960–

W

Wach, Andrzej, PKP 2004–present
Walker, Aldace F., ATSF 1894–1895
Walker, George, CPR 1948–1955
Walsh, Mike, UP 1987–1991
Walters, Henry, ACL
Christopher O. Ward, executive director of PANYNJ
Ward, Michael J., CSX 2003–2017
Warrington, George, Amtrak 1998–2002
Washburn, William D., SOO 1883–1889
Watkins, Hays T. Jr., Chessie System 1972–1986, CSX
Watson, Peter H., Erie 1872–1874
Webster, G. W., SOO 1937–1944
Weeks, James H., LIRR 1847–1850
Wegner, Mark J., TCW 2007–present
West, Absolom M., MSC 1864–
White, William, D&H 1954–1967
Whitehead, Charles N., MKT 1926
Whitman, Reginald N., MKT 1970–1975
Wilbur, George B., CS 1885–1887
Wilcox, David, D&H 1903–1907
Willard, Daniel, B&O 1910–1941
Williams, Charles T., MKT 1961–1965
Williams, Edward H. G&CU1859-65 PR1866-70
Williams, Helena E., LIRR 2007–present
Williams, John H., NWP 2006–present
Wilson, Robin H.H., LIRR 1981–1985
Winchell, Benjamin L., RI 1904–1909
Winter, Edwin, NP 1896–1897, BRT 1902–
Wolfe, James R., Chicago and North Western
Woodruff, Robert E., Erie 1939–1949
Wright, Charles Barstow, NP 1875–1879
Wurtz, John, D&H 1831–1858
Wyer, William, LIRR 1951–1954

Y

Yakunin, Vladimir, 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, UERL 1902–1905
Yohe, Curtis M., P&LE 1929–1953
Yohe, James B., P&LE
Young, James R., UP 2004–2014 2006–2014
Young, Robert R., C&O 1942–, NYC 1954–1958
Yulee, David Levy, Yulee Railroad