Who's Who list by name, surname beginning with S

  • Sandberg, Steve - Chief Operating Officer of Friends of the 261.
  • Sargent, Aaron Augustus (1827-1877) - American journalist, lawyer and politician who authored the first Pacific Railroad Act, authorizing construction of the first transcontinental railroad in North America.
  • Scheer, E. W. - President of Reading Railway. (Palmer 1942)
  • Schieffer, Kevin V. - President of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad 1996-2008; President of Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad 2002-2008.
  • Schlager, Walter L., Jr. - President of Long Island Rail Road.
  • Schubert, Johann Andreas (1808-1870) - Builder of the first German steam locomotive, Saxonia.
  • Scott, I. Barry - President of CP Rail until 1995.
  • Scott, Thomas Alexander (1823-1881) - President of Union Pacific Railroad 1871-1872.
  • Scott, Walter Edward; popularly known as Death Valley Scotty (1872-1954) - Chartered the record-breaking Scott Special run on the Santa Fe in 1905.  Santa Fe trains didn't regularly surpass this train's speed until the Super Chief was introduced in the 1930s.
  • Shanly, Frank - Builder of the first section of the Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway in Canada.
  • Shastri, Lal Bahadur (1904-1966) - Minister of Railways for India 1951-1956.
  • Shaughnessy, Thomas George (1853-1923) - President of Canadian Pacific Railway 1899-1918.
  • Shay, Ephraim (1839-1916) - Inventor of the Shay locomotive type.
  • Shea, Timothy - Acting president of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Engineers 1920.
  • Shimoyama, Sadanori (1901-1949) - Minister of Railways for Japan; president of Japanese National Railways 1949.
  • Shinpei, Gotō (1857-1929) - President of the South Manchuria Railway 1906-1908.
  • Shoener, Arthur - CEO of Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican Railway.
  • Sinclair, R. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Eastern Railway 1862-1866.
  • Smith, Alba F. (1817-1879) - Appointed superintendent of the machine shop at Cumberland Valley Railroad in 1850; promoted to superintendent of the railroad on January 1, 1851; left Cumberland Valley to become the superintendent for the Hudson River Railroad in March 1856; retired from Hudson River Railroad in 1857; became president of Norwich & Worcester Railroad. (White 1973, p 42)
  • Smith, Donald Alexander (1820-1914) - Director for St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway 1879-__; director of Canadian Pacific Railway 1883-__; drove the last spike in the Canadian Pacific's mainline at Craigellachie, British Columbia, on November 7, 1885.
  • Smith, J. Gregory (1818-1891) - President of Northern Pacific Railway 1866-1872.
  • Snow, John W. (born 1939) - Assistant General Counsel for US Department of Transportation 1972-1973; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Plans and International Affairs for US DOT 1973-1974; Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs for US DOT 1974-1975; VP of Government Affairs for Chessie System 1977-1980; Senior VP of Corporate Services for CSX Corporation 1980-1985; President of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1985-1986; President of CSX Transportation 1986-1988; President and COO of CSX Corporation 1988-2003; Chairman of CSX Corporation 1991-2003.
  • Sorrow, Paul - President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen 2008-present.
  • Souther, John (1816-1911) - Founder of Globe Locomotive Works.
  • Speno, Martin J. - President of Frank Speno Railroad Ballast Cleaning Company 1970-. (Railway Age, July 13, 1970, p 61)
  • Sperry, Elmer A. (1860-1930) - Founder of Sperry Rail Services.
  • Spreckels, John D. (1853-1926) - Founder of the San Diego Electric Railway and the San Diego & Arizona Railway.
  • Stanford, Leland (1824-1893) - A member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.
  • Stanier, William (1876-1965) - Chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1932-1944.
  • Stauffer, Grant (1888-1949) - President of Chicago Great Western Railway 1948-1949.
  • Stearns, Irving A. - Manager of Pennsylvania Railroad's coal holdings in the late 19th century. (White 1973, p 18)
  • Stephen, George (1829-1921) - President of Canadian Pacific Railway 1881-1888.
  • Stephenson, George (1781-1848) - British railway engineer who built the first common carrier railways in England.
  • Stephenson, Robert (1803-1859) - Son of George Stephenson; British locomotive builder and railway engineer.
  • Stevens, John Frank (1853-1943) - Chief engineer and general manager of Great Northern Railway; vice president of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
  • Stevens, Robert L. (1787-1856) - First president of the Camden & Amboy Railroad, the first railroad built in New Jersey.  His name was used as the original official name for the John Bull locomotive, Stevens.
  • Stickney, Alpheus Beede (1840-1916) - Construction superintendent for St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway 1879; construction superintendent for Canadian Pacific Railway 1881; founder and first president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1884-1909.
  • Stilwell, Arthur (1859-1928) - President of Kansas City Southern Railroad 1897-1900.
  • Stinson, William W. (born 1935) - CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway 1985-1995.
  • Stirling, M. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Hull & Barnsley Railway 1885-1922.
  • Stirling, P. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Northern Railway (UK) 1866-1895.
  • Storey, William Benson, Jr. (1857-1940) - President of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1920-1933.
  • Strong, William B. (1837-1914) - Worked at many railroads including Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, McGregor Western Railway, Chicago & North Western Railway and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway.  Superintendent of Michigan Central Railroad in the 1870s until he was succeeded by his assistant Henry Brockholst Ledyard in 1876.  Went back to the CB&Q and was soon appointed General Manager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, where he succeeded T. Jefferson Coolidge as president in 1881.  Strong expanded the Santa Fe to become the largest American railroad of its time.  Strong retired from the Santa Fe in 1889, and was succeeded in that position by Allen Manvel.
  • Sturrock, A. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Northern Railway (UK) 1850-1866.
  • Swift, Gustavus Franklin (1839-1903) - Founder of Swift and Company which pioneered the use of refrigerator cars in late 19th century America.
  • Swinerton, C. E. - Patentee of the polygonal driving wheel tire, an attempt at increasing the rail-wheel contact area by incorporating a large number of flat spots on the tire; founder of the Swinerton Locomotive Driving Wheel Company. (White 1973, p. 15)
  • Szabo, Joe - Administrator for the Federal Railroad Administration 2009-present.