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

• Jackson, W. J. - President of Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918; Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1202)
• Jackson, W. S. - President of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 55)
• Jackson, Ward - First chairman of the West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway in England.
• Jacomb-Hood, Robert - Chief engineer for London, Brighton & South Coast Railway __-1860 [succeeded by Frederick Banister].
• James, C. E. - President of Union Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 187)
• Janney, Eli H. (1831-1912) - Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler.
• Jarvis, Ronald G. (1911-1994) - British locomotive engineer who oversaw development of British Rail's class 43 HST power cars.
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  A. G. Jaudon in 1859
  Jaudon, A. G. - President of Dauphin & Susquehanna Railroad. (Lloyd 1859)
• Jay, John (1805-1872) - British contractor and stonemason whose projects included the Stoke-on-Trent station, part of the Great Northern Railway at King's Cross station, King's Cross goods and passenger stations, London Underground's Metropolitan Line, Colchester station and much of Paddington station.
• Jayant, M. S. - General manager of the South Central Railway Zone in India.
• Jeffery, E. T. - President of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 305)
• Jenkins, James - General manager of Morayshire Railway 1857-1859 [preceded by Charles Cranstoun; succeeded by William Mills].
• Jenks, Downing B. - President of Missouri Pacific Railroad. (Railway Age, July 13, 1970, p 60)
• Jewell, B. M. - President of the Railway Employees division of the American Federation of Labor.
• Jewett, E. A. - Chicago Division superintendent for Pullman Palace Car Company. (Poor's 1887, p x)
• Johns, Robert - President of Mattoon, Shelbyville, Pana & Hillsboro Traction Company. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1313)
• Johnson, A. H. - President and general manager of Arkansas Midland Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 3; Official List 1888, p 5)
• Johnson, B. S. - President of Arkansas & Louisiana Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 191)
• Johnson, James - Locomotive superintendent for Great North of Scotland Railway 1890-1894 [preceded by James Manson; succeeded by William Pickersgill].
• Johnson, John W. - President of Georgia Pacific Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 87)
• Johnson, L. E. - President of Norfolk & Western Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918; Poor's 1917, p 133)
• Johnson, Samuel W. (1831-1912) - Chief mechanical engineer for Great Eastern Railway 1866-1873 [preceded by Robert Sinclair; succeeded by William Adams]; chief mechanical engineer for Midland Railway 1873-1903 [preceded by Matthew Kirtley; succeeded by Richard Deeley].
• Johnson, William B. - President of Illinois Central Railroad 1967-1969 [preceded by Wayne A. Johnston; succeeded by Alan Stephenson Boyd].
• Johnson, W. O. - Receiver for Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1252)
• Johnston, Charles E. (1881-1951) - president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1928-1938.
• Johnston, James H. - President of City & Suburban Railway (Savannah, Georgia). (Poor's 1887, p 47)
• Johnston, Paul W. - President of Erie Railroad 1949-__ [preceded by Robert Eastman Woodruff].
• Johnston, Wayne A. (1897-1967) - President of Illinois Central Railroad 1945-1966 [preceded by John L. Beven; succeeded by William B. Johnson].
• Jones, A. W. - President of Birmingham, Selma & New Orleans Railway. (Poor's 1887, p 17; Official List 1888, p 15)
• Jones, Charles - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Metropolitan Railway.
• Jones, David (1834-1906) - Locomotive superintendent and chief mechanical engineer for Highland Railway in Scotland 1870-1896 [preceded by William Stroudley; succeeded by Peter Drummond]
• Jones, David B. - President of Depue & Northern Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 307)
• Jones, J. T. - President of Gulf & Ship Island Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Jones, James C. (1809-1859) - Governor of Tennessee 1841-1845; president of Memphis & Charleston Railroad 1857-1859.
• Jones, L. A. - President of Alabama & Vicksburg Railroad; president of New Orleans & Northern Railroad; president of Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Jones, Morgan - President of Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 83)
• Jones, Thomas D. - President of Depue & Northwestern Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1213)
• Jones, W. F. - President of Chesapeake Beach Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 247)
• Jones, William A. - General Manager of Mineral Point & Northern Railway.
• Jordan, J. A. - President of Green Bay & Western Railroad. (Poor's 1917, p 76)
• Jourdon, James - President of Brooklyn & Brighton Beach Railroad; receiver and president of Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway. (Poor's 1887, p 21; Official List 1888, p 21)
• Joy, H. B. - President of Detroit Union Railroad Depot & Station Company. (Pocket List 1907, p 309)
• Joyce, Patrick H. (1879-1946) - President of Chicago Great Western Railway 1931-1946.
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  W. T. Joynes
  Joynes, W. T. - President of Petersburg & Weldon Railroad. (Lloyd 1859)
• Judah, Theodore D. (1826-1863) - Chief engineer for Central Pacific Railroad and one of the earlier promoters of a transcontinental railroad across North America.
• Judson, H. D. - General superintendent of Chicago & Iowa Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 39)
• Judson, Winslow - President of St. Joseph, St. Louis & Santa Fe Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 169)

Photo credits

• A. G. Jaudon - Cropped from a scan of Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific, in the collection of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, available through the Library of Congress website, retreived February 11, 2014.  The original document notes that the image was created based on a photograph by "Brady" for Lloyd's American Guide.  Because this document was first published in 1859, it is my understanding that this is now in the public domain.
• W. T. Joynes - Cropped from a scan of Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific, in the collection of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, available through the Library of Congress website, retreived February 11, 2014.  The original document notes that the image was created based on a photograph by "Wevere" of Petersburg for Lloyd's American Guide.  Because this document was first published in 1859, it is my understanding that this is now in the public domain.