This is a list of railroad executives , defined as those who are presidents and chief executive officers of railroad and railway systems worldwide.
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 Allen, John W. (1802–1887), CNR 1834, C&C 1845[ 4]
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]
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
Oleg Belozyorov
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
Ralph Budd
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]
Alexander Cassatt
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
Erastus Corning
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
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]
Chauncey M. Depew
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
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
Stuyvesant Fish
James Fisk
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
John W. Garrett
Shimpei Gotō
Jay Gould
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]
E. H. Harriman
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]
Cyrus K. Holliday
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
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[ 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]
Anne-Marie Idrac
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]
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 Jewett, Hugh J. (1817–1898), Erie 1874–1884
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
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 Kimball, Frederick J. (1844–1903), N&W 1881–1903
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
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
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[ 14]
Ludewig, Johannes (b. 1945), DB 1997–1999
Macfarlane, Robert Stetson (1899–1982), NP 1951–1966[ 99]
William Mackenzie Mackenzie, William (1849–1923), TSR 1891–, CNoR 1895–, Brascan 1899–
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
Hartmut Mehdorn
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
Anson Morrill
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]
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
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