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List of people associated with rail transport
Last updated
January 18, 2026
Contents
Famous railroaders
Railroad tycoons and businessmen
See also
Inventors and innovators
Others
Famous railroaders
Casey Jones
–
Illinois Central
engineer
whose death in a 1900 train wreck was made famous in song and legend
Albert Lacombe
–
made a railroad through Blackfoot territory
Zhan Tianyou
–
distinguished Chinese railroad engineer, often called the "Father of China's railroad"
Railroad tycoons and businessmen
Erastus Corning
–
formed the nucleus of what would become the great
New York Central Railroad
Charles Crocker
–
one of
the Big Four
co-founders of the
Central Pacific Railroad
Eugene V. Debs
–
labor organizer, founding member of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
, and participant in the infamous
Pullman Strike
Daniel Drew
–
robber baron
involved in the
stock manipulation
of the
Erie Railroad
with
Fisk
and
Gould
James Fisk
–
robber baron involved in the stock manipulation of the
Erie Railroad
with
Gould
and
Drew
Jay Gould
–
robber baron involved in the stock manipulation of the
Erie Railroad
with
Fisk
and
Drew
Edward H. Harriman
–
president of the
Union Pacific
and the
Southern Pacific
, and directed the unification of both railroads
James J. Hill
–
founder of the
Great Northern Railway
, builder of first
transcontinental railroad
without federal subsidies or land grants
Cyrus K. Holliday
–
founder of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Mark Hopkins
–
one of
the Big Four
co-founders of the
Central Pacific Railroad
Collis P. Huntington
–
one of
the Big Four
co-founders of the
Central Pacific Railroad
, founder of
Huntington, West Virginia
while helping construct the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George Pullman
–
inventor of the Pullman sleeper (a luxury
sleeping car
) and founder of the
Pullman Company
Leland Stanford
–
one of
the Big Four
co-founders of the
Central Pacific Railroad
, president of the
Southern Pacific Railroad
,
governor of California
, and founder of
Stanford University
Arthur Stilwell
–
founder of the Kansas City Southern Railway, as well as several cities, among them
Port Arthur, Texas
, which is named after Stilwell
Cornelius Vanderbilt
–
after spending the first 70 years of his life building a successful ferry business, controlled and expanded the
New York Central Railroad
into an empire and ordered construction of the first
Grand Central Terminal
See also
List of railroad executives
Inventors and innovators
Grenville M. Dodge
–
chief
engineer
of the
Union Pacific Railroad
and helped construct the
first American transcontinental railroad
.
Fred Harvey
–
revolutionized passenger train onboard services, making travel by train more comfortable.
Theodore Judah
–
chief
engineer
of the
Central Pacific Railroad
and passionate supporter of the
first American transcontinental railroad
Otto Kuhler
–
industrial designer
Raymond Loewy
–
industrial designer
Anatole Mallet
–
inventor of the
articulated locomotive
, commonly called the Mallet locomotive
Charles Minot
–
general superintendent of the
Erie Railroad
, first to use the
telegraph
to dispatch trains in 1851
George Stephenson
–
"father of British steam railways", inventor of the
Rocket
steam locomotive
(the first "modern" locomotive), and pioneer of the 4
ft 8 ½ inch
rail gauge
Richard Trevithick
–
credited with the 1804 invention of the
steam locomotive
Wilhelm von Pressel
–
designer of the
Baghdad Railway
George Westinghouse
–
inventor of the
air brake
Others
Richard Beeching
–
household name as chairman of
British Rail
(1961-1964) famous for
Beeching cuts
Jesse James
–
American outlaw, portraying a
Robin Hood
of sorts, standing up against railroad corporations in defense of the small farmers
Francis Bourgeois
- A British Trainspotter
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