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• Hackworth, Timothy (1786-1850) - Pioneering English steam locomotive designer and builder.
• Hall-Jones, William  (1851-1936) - New Zealand Minister of Railways 1906-1908.
• Hallidie, Andrew Smith (1836-1900) - Developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California.
• Hamberger, Edward R. - President of the Association of American Railroads.
• Hanna, David Blyth (1858-1938) - First president of Canadian National Railway.
• Hannaford, Jule Murat (1850-1934) - President of Northern Pacific Railway 1913-1920.
• Harbeson, John (1888-1986) - Architect and industrial designer who helped with the design of the Pioneer Zephyr in 1934 and Denver Zephyr in 1936.
• Harnden, William F. (1812-1845) - Began career as a ticket salesman for the Boston & Providence Railroad, became the first person to send an express shipment by rail in 1839 and founded Harnden & Company as a result of this experience.
• Harris, Robert (born 1830) - President of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 1876-1878; president of Northern Pacific Railway 1884-1888.
• Harrison, Fairfax (1869-1938) - Began railway career as a lawyer with the Southern Railway (U.S.) in 1896; promoted to vice president in 1906; president of Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway; president of Southern Railway 1913-1937.
• Harrison, George M. - President of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks.
• Harrison, Karen (born 1960) - First female train driver appointed in the United Kingdom.
• Harrison, Thomas Elliot (1808-1888) - British civil engineer and surveyor; surveyed parts of the London-Birmingham line and the Stanhope & Tyne Railway.
• Harvey, Fred (1835-1901) - Entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House chain of restaurants in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railroad.
• Haswell, John (1812-1897) - Scottish locomotive builder; became prominent with locomotive construction in Austria, building the first six-coupled locomotive for that country.
• Hatfield, Robert, Jr. - President of Alaska Railroad 1991-1997.
• Havemeyer, Henry Osborne (1847-1907) - President of Long Island Rail Road 1875-1876.
• Haverty, Michael R. (born 1944) - President of Santa Fe Railroad 1989-1995; president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1995-present; Railroader of the Year 2001.
• Hayes, Charles - President of Southern Pacific Railroad 1900-1901.
• Heartt, Jonas C. (1793-1874) - Director of Troy & Boston Railroad 1849-1874.
• Hedley, William (1773-1843) - Pioneering English locomotive designer and builder of Puffing Billy in cooperation with Timothy Hackworth.
• Heiberg, Eivind (1870-1939) - Chairman of Norwegian State Railways 1924-1938.
• Helm, John LaRue (1802-1867) - President of Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1854-1860.
• Hendrie, D. A. - Chief mechanical engineer of South African Railways.
• Hennet, George (1799-1857) - English railway engineer and contractor; provided much of the infrastructure for the South Devon Railway's atmospheric traction pipes and built and operated many of the line's stations.
• Henszey, William P. - Mechanical superintendent at Baldwin Locomotive Works in the 1870s. (White, 1973, p 6)
• Herries, William (1859-1923) - New Zealand Minister of Railways 1912-1919.
• Heywood, T. E. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great North of Scotland Railway 1914-1922.
• Hill, A. J. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Eastern Railway 1912-1922.
• Hill, James J. (1838-1916) - President of Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway.
• Hill, James Norman (born 1870) - Son of James J. Hill; vice president and director of Great Northern Railway 1898-1901.
• Hill, Louis Warren (1872-1948) - Son of James J. Hill; president of Great Northern Railway beginning in 1907; chairman of the board for Great Northern Railway beginning in 1912.
• Hill, Samuel Branson (1857-1931) - Son-in-law of James J. Hill; director of Great Northern Railway 1890-1899.
• Hogg, Thomas Egenton (1828-1898) - Founder of the Oregon Pacific Railroad.
• Hoke, Robert (1837-1912) - Director for North Carolina Railroad after the American Civil War.
• Holbrook, Edwin W. - Director for th Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and the Western Railroad of Massachusetts in the 19th century.
• Holden, J. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Eastern Railway 1885-1907.
• Holden, S. D. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for Great Eastern Railway 1908-1912.
• Ben Holladay

  Holladay, Ben (1819-1887) - Founder of the Oregon & California Railroad, 1868-1874.

• Holliday, Cyrus K. (1826-1900) - First president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 1860-1863.
• Holmes, M. - Chief Mechanical Engineer for North British Railway 1882-1903.
• Hone, Philip (1780-1851) - First president of Delaware & Hudson Railway 1825-1826.
• Hoon, Geoff - British Secretary of State for Transport.
• Hopkins, Mark (1813-1878) - A member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.
• Howard, Jacob M. (1805-1871) - Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Pacific Railroad 1863-1871.
• Howard, Nathaniel Lamson (1887-1949) - Worked for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and Chicago Union Station Company; president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1925-1929.
• Hudson, George (1800-1871) - English railway financier known as "The Railway King."
• Huggins, Larry A. - Director for Metra 1997-present; Treasurer for Metra 2006-2009; Vice-chairman of the board for Metra 2009-present.
• Hughes, David - Interim President of Amtrak 2005-2006.
• Hughes, George (1865-1945) - Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1904–1922, the London & North Western Railway 1922–1923 and the London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1925–1931.
• Huntington, Collis Potter (1821-1900) - A member of the Big Four group of financiers in California.
• Huntington, Henry Edward (1850-1927) - Nephew of Collis P. Huntington; executive in charge of Pacific Electric Railway in the early 20th century.

Photo credits

• Ben Holladay - The Wikimedia Commons image description page (retrieved April 29, 2012) asserts that this photograph is in the public domain because it was first published in the United States before 1923 (sourced to Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. By John B. Horner, first copyright 1919).