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

• Nakamura, Korekimi (1867-1927) - Chairman of the South Manchurian Railway 1908-1913, later became Railway Minister for Japan.
• Nakamura, Yojiro - President of South Manchurian Railway 1914-1917.
• Nash, John Francis (1908-2004) - Vice president of operations for New York Central Railroad 1953-1956; president of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 1953-1956; president of Lehigh Valley Railroad 1965-1970.
• Nast, William F. (1840-1893) - President of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in September 1868 [preceded by Samuel C. Pomeroy; succeeded by Henry C. Lord].
• Nealley, E. B. - President of Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 11)
• Neel, C. M. - President of Pine Bluff, Monroe & New Orleans Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 157)
• Negrelli, Alois (1799-1858) - Builder of the first railroad in Switzerland, which connected Zurich and Baden.  Inspector for Austrian railways 1840-1857.  Oversaw construction of railways and other public works in the Lombardy-Venetia region.
• Neilson, Walter Montgomerie (1819-1889) - Took over the family's manufacturing business which became the locomotive manufacturer Neilson & Co.; retired in the 1870s just before the company name change to Neilson, Reid & Co., which was one of the constituents of the North British Locomotive Company merger.
• Nelson, Charles - President of Arcata & Mad River Railroad. (Pocket List 1907, p 191)
• Nettleford, Edward - Director for London & North Western Railway.
• Nettleton, George H. - President of Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis Railroad; president of Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railroad; president of Current River Railroad; president and general manager of Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad. (Official List 1888, pp 103 and 105)
• Newell, A. B. - President of Toledo Terminal Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Newell, John - President of Illinois Central Railroad 1871-1874 [preceded by John M. Douglas; succeeded by Wilson G. Hunt]; president of Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; president of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. (Official List 1888, pp 111 and 157-9)
• Newhouse, S. - President of Denver & Inter-Mountain Railway. (Pocket List 1907, p 305)
• Newman, Howard A. - Chairman of the Board for Western Pacific Railroad. (Railway Age, July 13, 1970, p 60)
• Newman, W. H. - President of New York Central Railroad. President of Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. President of Boston & Albany Railroad. President of Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad. President of Cincinnati Northern Railroad. (New York Times, June 22, 1901; Pocket List 1907, pp 221, 269 and 285)
• Newton, D. H. - President of Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 95)
• Nichols, G. W. - President of Bath & Hammondsport Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 13)
• Nicholson, Frank G. - President of Eastern Illinois & Peoria Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1306)
• Nickerson, Thomas (1810-1892) - President of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1874-1880 [preceded by Henry Strong; succeeded by T. Jefferson Coolidge]; president of California Southern Railroad 1880-1885 [preceded by Bejamin Kimball; succeeded by George B. Wilbur]; first president of Mexican Central Railway 1880-1884 [succeeded by Levi C. Wade].
• Nixon, W. C. - President of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. (NY Times, May 22, 1918)
• Noble, Horace A. - President of Buffalo Creek Transfer Railroad. (Poor's 1887, p 21)
• Noble, John W. - President of Alabama Car Works. (Poor's 1887, p 38)
• Nomura, Ryutaro - President of South Manchurian Railway __-1914.
• Noon, Thomas F. - President of Peru, Lasalle & Deer Park Railroad. (Illinois PUC, 1915, p 1233)
• Noonan, William T. - President of Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad. (NY Times, May 22, 1918; Poor's 1917, p 10)
• Norris, C. D. - Superintendent of Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway's Ohio River Division. (Poor's 1887, p 49)
• Earnest E. Norris in 1938
  Norris, Earnest E. - President of Southern Railway (U.S.) 1937-1951 [preceded by Fairfax Harrison; succeeded by Harry A. deButts].
• Norris, William (1802-1867) - Founder of Norris Locomotive Works, namesake of the 4-2-0 Norris type steam locomotive wheel arrangement.
• Northrup, Jay H. - Receiver and general manager of Chattaroi Railway. (Poor's 1887, p 31)
• Norton, Eckstein - President of Louisville & Nashville Railroad. (Official List 1888, p 113)
• Norton, M. G. - President of Winona Bridge Railway. (Wisconsin Railroad Commission 1897, p 39)
• Nottingham, Charles D. "Chip" - Chairman of the United States Surface Transportation Board 2006-present.
• Nutt, Henry C. - President of Atlantic & Pacific Railway. (Poor's 1887, p 9Official List 1888, p 7)
• Nuttall, William - President of Illinois Midland Railway. (Illinois PUC 1915, p 1310)

Photo credits:

• Earnest E. Norris - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph available on the Library of Congress website as part of the Harris & Ewing Collection. The image description page for this photograph notes that there are "no known restrictions on publication" and the rights and reproductions page for the collection (retrieved December 30, 2015) asserts that the copyright has expired on all photographs in this collection.