Throughout the history of railroading, some executives of railroad companies have become household names, while others have quietly led their railroads through thick and thin. Robber baron or benevolent dictator, these executives are worthy of note.

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For many more important people in the history of rail transport see Category:Important people in rail transport

Articles in category "United States railroad executives"

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The Big Four A Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Philip Anschutz William W. Atterbury B Ralph Budd Algernon S. Buford C Andrew Carnegie Alexander Cassatt W. Graham Claytor Jr. Robert B. Claytor Jay Cooke Erastus Corning Charles Crocker D Daniel Drew E Cyrus S. Eaton F Henry Farnam Stuyvesant Fish Big Jim Fisk Henry Morrison Flagler John Murray Forbes G John W. Garrett George Jay Gould I

G cont. Jay Gould Franklin B. Gowen Carl R. Gray David Gunn H E. H. Harriman Mike Haverty Benjamin W. Heineman James J. Hill Mark Hopkins Collis P. Huntington Henry Huntington I Melville E. Ingalls J Hugh J. Jewett Lucius E. Johnson Theodore Judah K Frederick J. Kimball Robert Krebs L David Laney M William Mahone Francis Mallory Angus Daniel McDonald P William N. Page William Jackson Palmer

P cont. Timothy Guy Phelps Robert Pitcairn Henry B. Plant R Moncure Robinson Henry H. Rogers S John W. Snow Leland Stanford T Walter H. Taylor John Edgar Thomson Isaac R. Trimble Whitmell P. Tunstall V Van Sweringen brothers Cornelius Vanderbilt II Cornelius Vanderbilt Frederick William Vanderbilt Harold Stirling Vanderbilt William Henry Vanderbilt William Kissam Vanderbilt William Kissam Vanderbilt II Henry Villard Y Robert R. Young David Levy Yulee