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

March 1, 2010 - 06:10 — Slambo
  • 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, 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.
  • 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, 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)
  • 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.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • Szabo, Joe - Administrator for the Federal Railroad Administration 2009-present.

 

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