List of people associated with rail transport

== 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.

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List of people associated with rail transport

== 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.

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