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. (1834–1927), WC −1890
  • Adams, Charles Francis Jr. (1835–1915), UP 1884–1890
  • Adams, Melvin O. (1847–1920), BRB&L
  • Aikman, Frank Jr., LIRR 1967–1969
  • Allen, Horatio (1802–1889), Erie 1843–1844
  • thumb|200px|John W. Allen Allen, John W. (1802–1887), CNR 1834, C&C 1845
  • Allyn, Henry G. Jr., P&LE 1969–1993
  • Alpert, George, NH
  • Altschul, Selig, D&H 1977
  • Ames, Oliver Jr. (1807–1877), UP 1866–1871
  • Anderson, Richard H. (b. 1955), Amtrak 2017–2020
  • Anderson, Samuel J., P&O
  • Anschutz, Philip (born 1939), RG 1984–1988, SP 1988–1996
  • 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

B

  • Baer, George Frederick (1842–1914), RDG 1901–1914
  • Bailey, E. H., UP 1965–1971
  • Baldwin, William H. Jr. (1863–1905), LIRR 1896–1905
  • Bancroft, William Amos (1855–1922), BER 1899–
  • Bauer, Kenneth J., LIRR 2000–2003
  • Beatty, Edward Wentworth (1877–1943), CPR 1918–1943
  • Beckley, Thomas M., SOO 1978–1983
  • Bertrand, Charles E., D&H 1977–1978
  • Besener, Willi, DR 1946–1949
  • Beven, John L., IC 1938–1945
  • 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
  • Boardman, Joseph H. (1948–2019), Amtrak 2008–2016
  • 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
  • Brooke, George D., C&O 1933–, PM 1933–, NKP 1935–, VGN
  • Brosnan, D. William (1903–1985), SOU 1962–1967
  • Brown, Revelle W., RDG
  • Bruce, Harry J., IC 1983–1990
  • Bryant, Gridley (1789–1867), Granite Railway

thumb|right|175px|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
  • 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
  • Busiel, Charles Albert (1842–1901), LSR, C&M
  • Butzelaar, Frank, SRY 2008–present

C

  • Cable, Ransom Reed, RI 1883–1898

thumb|200px|Alexander Cassatt

thumb|200px|[[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]]

thumb|200px|Erastus Corning

  • Cahill, Michael Harrison, MKT 1930–1933
  • Calhoun, Patrick (1856–1943), URRSF
  • Calvin, E. E., UP 1916–1918
  • Carpenter, Alvin "Pete" (1942–2019), CSX 1992–1999
  • Carter, George L. (1857–1936),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
  • 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
  • Coliton, William P., CSS&SB 1961–
  • Cooke, Jay (1821–1905), NP
  • Coolidge, T. Jefferson (1831–1920), ATSF 1880–1881 SOU 1977–1980
  • Crocker, Charles (1822–1888), CP
  • Crosbie, William, Amtrak (acting) 2008
  • 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. (b. 1942), UP (president) 1991–1996 (CEO) 1997–2006
  • Davis, Champion McDonald, ACL
  • Davis, James, UTAH 2002–2008
  • Davis, Jerry, CSX 1989–1995, SP 1995–1996, UP 1996–1998

thumb|200px|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
  • 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
  • Dixon, William J., RI 1970–1974
  • Dodge, Edwin V., SOO 1989–
  • Dorpmuller, Julius (1869–1945), Deutsche Reichsbahn 1926–1945
  • Dougherty, A. A., SMV 1911–
  • Downs, Lawrence A., IC 1926–1938
  • Draney, Herbert J., NYSW −1968
  • Draper, William Henry Jr. (1894–1974), LIRR 1950–1951
  • Drew, Daniel (1797–1879), Erie 1857–1870
  • Drusch, William F., TCW 2001–2007
  • 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
  • Dürr, Heinz (b. 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 (1860–1928), NP 1903–1913, NH 1913–1917
  • Emerson, Robert A. "Bob", CPR 1964–1966
  • Engel, Edward J., ATSF 1939–1944
  • Flagler, Henry Morrison (1830–1913), FEC 1885–1913
  • Fleming, Joseph B., RI 1933–1947
  • Flynn, William J., Amtrak 2020–
  • 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

thumb|150px|John W. Garrett

thumb|150px|Shimpei Gotō

thumb|150px|Jay Gould

  • Gabreski, Francis S. (1919–2002), LIRR 1978–1981
  • Gadsden, James (1788–1858), South Carolina Rail Road 1840–1850
  • Gallois, Louis (b. 1944), SNCF 1996–2006
  • Gamble, Patrick K. (b. 1945), ARR 2001–present
  • Gardner, Stephen J. (b. 1975), Amtrak 2009–2025
  • Gardner, William A., CNW 1910–1916
  • 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
  • Gray, Carl R. (1867–1939), 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. (1905–1974), PRR 1960–1968
  • Grinstein, Gerald (b. 1932), BN 1985–1995
  • Grout, H. C., SOO 1944–1949
  • Gurley, Fred (1889–1976), ATSF 1944–1958

H

thumb|150px|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
  • James Theodore Harahan, IC 1906–1911
  • 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
  • Henrici, Jacob, P&LE 1881–1885
  • Henry, Paula, UTAH 2008–present
  • 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
  • Hughitt, Marvin, CNW 1887–1910

thumb|right|150px|Anne-Marie Idrac

I

  • 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
  • Insull, Samuel (1859–1938), CNS&M, CA&E, CSS&SB 1925–1933
  • Ives, Brayton (1840–1914), NP 1893–1896

J

  • Jacobson, L. S. "Jake", CBRY -present
  • Jaffray, C. T., SOO 1924–1937
  • Jonan, Ignasius. (b. 1963), PT KAI 2009–2014
  • Joy, James F. (1810–1896), MC
  • 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
  • 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
  • thumb|200px|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
  • 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 (1927–2020), CN 1982–1986
  • Leeds, William Bateman, RI 1901–1904
  • Lewis, Roger (1912–1987), Amtrak 1971–1974
  • Linchevski, Ofer, Israel Railways 2005–present
  • Loder, Benjamin (1801–1876), Erie 1845–1853
  • Logan, William A., NYSW 1968–
  • thumb|200px|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
  • 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
  • McCabe, Frank Wells, D&H 1968
  • McCahey, James B. Jr. (1920–1998), CSS&SB
  • 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
  • McGinnis, Patrick, B&M 1950–1960, NH 1954–
  • McGonagle, William Albert "Al" (1861–1930), DM&IR (president) 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

thumb|right|Hartmut Mehdorn

  • McPherson, John D., IC, FEC 1999–2008
  • 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
  • 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
  • Moorman, Charles W. (b. 1953), NS 2004–2015, Amtrak 2016–2017
  • Moran, Charles, Erie 1857–1859
  • Moretti, Mauro (b. 1953), FS 2006–present
  • Morrill, Anson P., MEC 1864–1866 and 1873–1875
  • 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

thumb|right|150px|Asa Packer

P

thumb|right|150px|Guillaume Pepy

thumb|150px|John Jay Phelps

  • Packer, Asa (1805–1879), LV
  • Pennington, Edmund, SOO 1909–1922
  • 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
  • Power, Thomas F. Jr., WC −2001
  • Prendergast, Thomas F., LIRR 1994–2000, NYMTA 2013–present
  • Provo, Larry S., CNW 1968–1976

Q

  • Qawi, Hanafi Abdel, Egyptian Railways −2006
  • Quinlan, H.W., L&HR 1960–1968
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rice, Richard D., MEC 1870–1873
  • Rich, Walter (1946–2007), NYSW 1980–
  • Riddle, Hugh (1822–1892), RI 1877–1883
  • Rión, Francisco Javier, TFM 2005–present<!-- Expected to step down in March 2006 -->
  • Ripley, Edward Payson, ATSF 1896–1920
  • Roberson, Bob, FWWR
  • Roberts, George B., PRR 1880–1896
  • thumb|175px|Tracy Robinson Robinson, Tracy A., CN 2022–present
  • Robinson, William Jr., O&P 1848–
  • <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|175px|Henry H. Rogers -->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
  • Ross, Walter L. (b. 1852), NKP 1929–
  • Schlager, Walter L. Jr., LIRR 1969–1976
  • Schmiege, Robert, CNW

thumb|175px|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
  • 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
  • Sheffield, Joseph Earl (1793–1882), Northampton Railroad
  • Sherwood, Henry (1813–1896), W&L

thumb|175px|John W. Snow

  • Shoup, Paul, SP 1929–1932
  • Shumate, Stuart, RFP 1961–1981
  • Simpson, Howard E. (1897–1985), B&O 1953–1961
  • Sinclair, Ian David (1913–2006), CPR 1969–1981
  • 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

thumb|175px|Leland Stanford

  • 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
  • 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
  • Stilwell, Arthur Edward (1859–1928), KCP&G 1897–1900, KCM&O
  • Stinson, William (b. 1935), CPR 1981–1990
  • Stockdale, Fletcher (c. 1823–1890), Indianola Railroad
  • Stoddard, A.E., UP 1949–1965
  • Storey, William Benson (1857–1940), ATSF 1920–1933
  • Thayer, William F. (b. 1846), NNH
  • Travis, Walter E., BAR
  • Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki (b. 1934), Seibu Railway −2004
  • Turpin, Frank (1923–2005), ARR 1985–1993
  • Tuttle, Lucius, B&M 1893–
  • 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

thumb|200px|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 Boxtel, Roger (b. 1954), NS 2015—
  • van der Burch, John, SRY 2000–2008
  • Washburn, William D. (1831–1912), SOO 1883–1889
  • Watkins, Hays T. Jr., Chessie System 1972–1986, CSX
  • Watson, Peter H., Erie 1872–1874
  • Webster, G. W., SOO 1937–1944
  • 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 (1845–1930), NP 1896–1897, BRT 1902–
  • Wolfe, James R. (1930–1988), Chicago and North Western
  • Woodruff, Robert E. (1884–1957), Erie 1939–1949
  • Wright, Charles Barstow, NP 1875–1879
  • Wurtz, John, D&H 1831–1858
  • Wyer, William, LIRR 1951–1954

Y

thumb|right|150px|Vladimir Yakunin

  • 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

See also

  • List of people associated with rail transport

Footnotes

References