railroad engineer
101Octave Chanute — (February 18, 1832, Paris – November 23, 1910, Chicago, Illinois) was a French born American railway engineer and aviation pioneer. He provided the Wright brothers with help and advice, and helped to publicize their flying experiments. At his… …
102Stephen Harriman Long — Representation of 1819 oil painting of Major Long. Portrait painted by Charles Willson Peale Born December 30, 1784(1784 12 30) Hopkin …
103John B. Jervis — Infobox Person name = John Bloomfield Jervis caption = birth date = 1795 birth place = death date = 1885 death place = Rome, New YorkJohn Bloomfield Jervis (1795 ndash; 1885) was an American civil engineer. Working as chief engineer for the… …
104List of people associated with rail transport — Famous railroaders = * Casey Jones ndash; Illinois Central engineer whose death in a 1900 train wreck was made famous in song and legend * Jeme Tien Yow ndash; distinguished Chinese railroad engineer often called the Father of China s railroad.… …
105Conductor (transportation) — This article is about the railroad crew member. For other uses, see Conductor (disambiguation). An Amtrak train conductor A conductor is a member of a railway train s crew that is responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve… …
106Chanute, Kansas —   City   Location of Chanute, Kansas …
107Walter Gwynn — Infobox Military Person name= Walter Gwynn lived= February 22, 1802 ndash; February 6, 1882 placeofbirth= Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia) placeofdeath= Baltimore, Maryland caption= nickname= allegiance= United States of America… …
108John Frank Stevens — Infobox Person name = John Frank Stevens image size = 150px caption = Portrait of John Frank Stevens birth name = birth date = 25 April 1853 birth place = Maine death date = 2 June 1943 death place = death cause = resting place = resting place… …
109Centralized traffic control — (CTC) is a signalling system used by railroads. The system consists of a centralized train dispatcher s office that controls railroad switches in the CTC territory and the signals that railroad engineers must obey in order to keep the traffic… …
110Samuel Cochrane — (born November 1850, date of death unknown) was an early American railroad engineer who, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was one of the most prominent and efficient engineers working the Erie Meadville, Pennsylvania line later… …
