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

• Kalmbach, Al C. - Founder of Kalmbach Publishing Company, the publisher of Model Railroader and Trains magazines as well as a large number of books about railroading.
• Kandó, Kálmán (1869-1931) - Hungarian engineer who designed the world's first AC traction electric railway in Italy in 1902.
• Kane, Elisha Kent (1856-1935) - President of Big Level & Kinzua Railroad; builder of Mt. Jewett, Kinzua & Riterville Railroad (later reorganized as Kushequa Railroad). (Poor's 1887, p 17; Official List 1888, p 15; McKean County Democrat 1935)
• Kaufman, S. - President of Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 157)
• Kearney, Edward F. - President of Wabash Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Keefe, J. S. - President of Waukegan & Mississippi Valley Railway. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1245)
• Keep, Albert - President and chairman of the board of Chicago & North Western Railway. (Poor's 1887, p 41; Wisconsin Railroad Commission 1897, p 16)
• Kellogg, John - President of Saratoga, Mt. McGregor & Lake George Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 174)
• Kellogg, William Pitt (1830-1918) - Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Railroads 1881-1883.
• Kelsey, P. G. - President of Ohio Valley Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 146)
• Kendrick, John William (1853-1924) - Chief engineer, general manager and vice president of Northern Pacific Railway 1899-1901; vice chairman of the board for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1901-1905.
• Kenefick, John - President of Union Pacific Railroad (UP) __-1986 [succeeded by Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.]; CEO of UP __-1986 [succeeded by Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.].
• Kennedy, John S. - Receiver for Central Railroad of New Jersey [with Joseph S. Harris]. (Poor's 1887, p 29)
• Kennedy, M. C. - President of Cumberland Valley Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918; Poor's 1917, p 171)
• Kennedy, Samuel P. - President of Bradford & Western Pennsylvania Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 225)
• Kennedy, Thomas Benton (1827-1905) - President of Mont Alto Railroad; president of Cumberland Valley Railroad 1882-__ [preceded by Frederick Watts]. (Poor's 1887, p 51; Official List 1888, pp 63 and 127; NYT, June 20, 1905)
• Kennett, Luther Martin (1807-1873) - Vice president of Pacific Railroad Company; president of St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad 1853.
• Kenney, H. F. - President of Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 157)
• Kenney, W. P. - President of Great Northern Railway; president of Great Northern Express Company. (NY Times, May 22, 1918; Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1278)
• Kenny, Raymond P. - Acting president of Long Island Rail Road 2006-2007 [preceded by James J. Dermody as president; succeeded by Helena Williams as president]
• Kent, Marvin (1816-1908) - One of the founders of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad.
• Kerr, J. B. - President of New York, Ontario & Western Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Keyes, Henry (1810-1870) - Helped to revitalize the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad; president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1869-1870 [preceded by Henry C. Lord; succeeded by Ginery Twichell].
• Kidde, Walter (1877-1943) - President of New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway 1937-1943.
• Kidder, John F. - President and general manager of Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 130)
• Kiene, H. - President of Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 259)
• Kiley, John P. - President of the Milwaukee Road until 1957.
• Killam, Frank - President of Western Counties Railroad [Nova Scotia]. (Official List 1888, p 193)
• Kimball, Benjamin - President of California Southern Railroad __-1880 [succeeded by Thomas Nickerson].
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  Frederick J. Kimball
  Kimball, Frederick J. (1844-1903) - American civil engineer who was instrumental in the formation of the Norfolk & Western Railway; president of Norfolk & Western Railway. (Official List 1888, p 141)
• Kimball, George L. - President of Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 53; Official List 1888, p 63)
• Kimball, Phin - President of Arkansas & Gulf Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 191)
• Kimball, Ward (1914-2002) - Disney cartoonist who built the Grizzly Flats Railroad, collaborated with Walt Disney to build the Disneyland Railroad, original host of the "Tracks Ahead" television series for Milwaukee Public Television.
• King, John - President of New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 139)
• King, Thomas M. - President of Pittsburgh Junction Railroad; president and general manager of Sharpsville Railroad; president of Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 11)
• Kinsley, Edward W. - President of Brunswick & Western Railroad; president of Wichita & Western Railroad; president of Kingman, Pratt & Western Railroad. (Poor's 1887, pp 7 and 21; Official List 1888, pp 21 and 197)
• Kirby, John H. - President and general manager of Burr's Ferry, Browndel & Chester Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 229)
• Kirkwood, James P. (1807-1877) - Designer of Starucca Viaduct.
• Kirtley, Matthew (1813-1873) - Brother of Thomas Kirtley. Began railway career on the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1826; fireman or Liverpool & Manchester Railway; locomotive foreman 1839-1841 and locomotive superintendent for Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway 1841-1844; chief mechanical engineer for Midland Railway 1844-1873 [succeeded by Samuel W. Johnson].
• Kirtley, Thomas (1811-1847) - Brother of Matthew Kirtley. Began career as an engine driver for Liverpool & Manchester Railway; founded Thomas Kirtley & Co. locomotive manufacturers in 1837; returned to engine driving in 1841 when his manufacturing business failed; Locomotive superintendent of North Midland Railway 1843-1844, and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1847 [preceded by John Gray; succeeded by John Chester Craven].
• Kirtley, William (1840-1919) - Locomotive superintendent of London Chatham & Dover Railway 1874-1898.
• Kittle, C. M. - President of Illinois Central Railroad. (NY Times; May 22, 1918)
• Kittson, Norman (1814-1888) - Collaborated with James J. Hill, Donald Alexander Smith and George Stephen in 1879 to purchase the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, which eventually became the oldest predecessor of Great Northern Railway.
• Klein, John P. - President of Bridgeport & Southern Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1300)
• Kline, M. S. - President of Brock Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 225)
• Knibloe, E. F. - General agent for lessees for Buffalo Creek Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 227)
• Knight, B. Andrews - President of Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 97)
• Knight, C. A. - President of Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad. President of Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway. (Pocket List 1907, pp 259 and 269)
• Knight, Rob - Chief Financial Officer for Union Pacific Railroad.
• Knobeloch, Adolph - President of Belleville & Mascoutah Traction Company. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1300)
• Knoph, Aden - President of Evansville, Mt. Carmel & Olney Interurban Company. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1308)
• Knott, Stuart R. (1859-1943) - President of Kansas City Southern Railway 1900-1905.
• Knorr, George (1859-1911) - inventor of the Knorr brake system, the first automatic graduated braking system designed for use in European freight trains.
• Knox, F. W. - President of Coudersport & Port Alleghany Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 51; Official List 1888, p 62)
• Knox, J. L. - President of Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 297)
• Kobusch, F. W. - President of Chicago & Elgin Electric Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1302)
• Kountze, Augustus (1826-1892) - President of Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway; principal backer of Omaha & Northwestern Railroad; financier for Denver & South Park Railroad and Sabine & East Texas Railway; Government director for Union Pacific Railroad and played a key role in setting the locations of the UP's current Harriman Dispatch Center and shops in Omaha; director of Fitchburg Railroad __-1892. (Poor's 1887, p 17)
• Kountze, Herman (1833-1906) - Brother of Augustus Kountze.  Prominent investor in Omaha & Northwestern Railroad, Denver & South Park Railroad, Sabine & East Texas Railway, Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railroad and the Troy & Boston Railroad.
• Krause, Alfred A. - President of Abbotsford & Northeastern Railway. (Wisconsin Railroad Commission 1897, p 12)
• Krebs, Robert D. - Began railroad career with the Cotton Belt in the 1960s; became the youngest Superintendent of the Pine Bluff Division in 1971 at age 29; president of Southern Pacific Company 1982-1984 [preceded by Alan Furth; succeeded by D. M. Mohan]; CEO of Santa Fe 1984-1995; shared the title of Railroader of the Year in 1996 with Gerald Grinstein (the last CEO of Burlington Northern); CEO of BNSF 1995-2002; director for RailPower Technologies 2002-2005.
• Krenning, F. H. W. - President of White Hall Railway. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1275)
• Kruckenberg, Franz Friedrich (1882-1965) - German engineer of high-speed trains including the Schienenzeppelin in 1931 and DRG's class SVT 137 in 1934.
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  Julius Kruttschnitt at a meeting in the 1910s.
  Kruttschnitt, Julius (1854-1925) - Chairman of the Southern Pacific Company Executive Committee 1913-1925 [preceded by Robert S. Lovett; succeeded by Henry deForest]; president of Southern Pacific Company 1918-1920 [preceded and succeeded by William Sproule].
• Kryšpín, Vojtěch - Czechoslovak locomotive builder, originator of the Kryšpín system of locomotive class naming.
• Kummant, Alexander (born 1962) - Began railroad career with Union Pacific.  President of Amtrak 2006-2008 [preceded by David Hughes; succeded by William Crosbie (interim) and Joseph H. Boardman].
• Kunisawa, Simbei - President of South Manchuria Railway 1917-__.
• Kunst, A. H. - President and general manager of Clarksburg, Weston & Glenville Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 47; Official List 1888, p 55)
• Kurrie, H. R. - President of Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1207)

Photo credits

• Frederick J. Kimball - Wikipedia's image description page (retrieved March 6, 2009) asserts that this photograph is in the public domain due to both its age (taken before 1903) and that it was first published by the Works Progress Administration, a US Federal agency.
• Julius Kruttschnitt - Cropped from a scan of the original photo available through the Harris & Ewing Collection on the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website.  The rights and reproductions page for this collection asserts that the copyrights on the photographs in the collection have expired and that publication is therefore permitted.