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This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport. </p><p>Where possible, inclusion in this list should be justified by an appropriate reference (see <a href="/wiki/Talk:List_of_railway_pioneers" title="Talk:List of railway pioneers">talk page</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_development_of_the_railways">Technical development of the railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Technical development of the railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austria">Austria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Brotan" title="Johann Brotan">Johann Brotan</a> </td> <td class="note">inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Brotan_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Brotan boiler">Brotan boiler</a>, the only watertube boiler used in any number on the railways </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anton_Elbel" title="Anton Elbel">Anton Elbel</a> </td> <td class="note"><i>Gepäcklokomotive</i>, locomotive with luggage compartment. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Engerth" title="Wilhelm Engerth">Wilhelm Engerth</a> </td> <td class="note"><a href="/wiki/Engerth_locomotive" title="Engerth locomotive">Engerth locomotive</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Anton_von_Gerstner" title="Franz Anton von Gerstner">Franz Anton von Gerstner</a> </td> <td class="note">worked on first railway in Austria; builder of <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoye_Selo_Railway" title="Tsarskoye Selo Railway">Tsarskoye Selo Railway</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Ritter_von_Ghega" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Ritter von Ghega">Carl Ritter von Ghega</a> </td> <td class="note">builder of <a href="/wiki/Semmering_railway" title="Semmering railway">Semmering railway</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Giesl-Gieslingen" title="Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen">Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen</a> </td> <td class="note">developer of the Giesl ejectors </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karl_G%C3%B6lsdorf" title="Karl Gölsdorf">Karl Gölsdorf</a> </td> <td class="note">first six-coupled steam locomotive and inventor of the <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6lsdorf_axle" title="Gölsdorf axle">Gölsdorf axle</a> system </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Adolf_G%C3%B6lsdorf" title="Louis Adolf Gölsdorf">Louis Adolf Gölsdorf</a> </td> <td class="note"><i>Gepäcklokomotive</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Haswell" title="John Haswell">John Haswell</a> </td> <td class="note">first steam brake, sheet steel <a href="/wiki/Firebox_(locomotive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Firebox (locomotive)">firebox</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Lentz" title="Hugo Lentz">Hugo Lentz</a> </td> <td class="note">inventor of award-winning improvements to steam engines, e.g. steam valve gear with oscillating and rotating cams to actuate poppet valves </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Lott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julius Lott (page does not exist)">Julius Lott</a> </td> <td class="note">chief construction engineer of the <i><a href="/wiki/Arlbergbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlbergbahn">Arlbergbahn</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Riepl" title="Franz Xaver Riepl">Franz Xaver Riepl</a> </td> <td class="note">geologist, railway and metallurgical expert </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Rihosek" title="Johann Rihosek">Johann Rihosek</a> </td> <td class="note">classification scheme for the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Royal_Austrian_State_Railways" title="Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways">Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways</a> (<i>kkStB</i>), brakes, spark arrestors </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rothschild_banking_family_of_Austria" title="Rothschild banking family of Austria">Baron</a> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Salomon_Anselm_von_Rothschild" title="Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild">Albert von Rothschild</a> </td> <td class="note">founder, Austria's first steam railway, 1839 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Sanzin" title="Rudolf Sanzin">Rudolf Sanzin</a> </td> <td class="note">measurement techniques </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Sch%C3%B6nerer" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthias Schönerer">Matthias Schönerer</a> </td> <td class="note">railway pioneer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Terlicher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Terlicher (page does not exist)">Joseph Terlicher</a> </td> <td class="note">railway pioneer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Wurmb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carl Wurmb (page does not exist)">Carl Wurmb</a> </td> <td class="note">builder of the <i><a href="/wiki/Tauernbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Tauernbahn">Tauernbahn</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="width:120px; vertical-align:top; padding-top:0.5em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:25%; vertical-align:top;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;" class="unsortable">Notability </th> <th scope="col" style="width:15%; vertical-align:top;" class="unsortable">References </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/August_von_Borries" title="August von Borries">August von Borries</a> </td> <td class="note">compound working and the first Prussian <a href="/wiki/Compound_locomotive" title="Compound locomotive">compound locomotive</a> in 1880 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/August_Borsig" title="August Borsig">August Borsig</a> </td> <td class="note">early locomotives built in Germany, Borsig-Werke </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gustav_Brescius" title="Karl Gustav Brescius">Karl Gustav Brescius</a> </td> <td class="note">railway construction in <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Eckhardt" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt">Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt</a> </td> <td class="note">head of <a href="/wiki/Berliner_Maschinenbau" title="Berliner Maschinenbau">BMAG</a> design office, chief designer of <a href="/wiki/DRG_Class_44" title="DRG Class 44">DRG Class 44</a> and <a href="/wiki/DRG_Class_86" title="DRG Class 86">86</a> and inventor of <a href="/wiki/Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt_II_bogie" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt II bogie">Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt II bogie</a>. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garbe" title="Robert Garbe">Robert Garbe</a> </td> <td class="note"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussian</a> mechanical engineer, many classic locomotive designs </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hartmann" title="Richard Hartmann">Richard Hartmann</a> </td> <td class="note">German steam locomotive manufacturer, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A4chsische_Maschinenfabrik" title="Sächsische Maschinenfabrik">Sächsische Maschinenfabrik</a> in Chemnitz </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_von_Helmholtz" title="Richard von Helmholtz">Richard von Helmholtz</a> </td> <td class="note">German engineer, designer of the <a href="/wiki/Krauss-Helmholtz_bogie" title="Krauss-Helmholtz bogie">Krauss-Helmholtz bogie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Heusinger_von_Waldegg" title="Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg">Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg</a> </td> <td class="note">independently designed the <a href="/wiki/Walschaerts_valve_gear" title="Walschaerts valve gear">Walschaerts valve gear</a> (hence aka the <i>Heusinger</i> valve gear) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Kemper" title="Hermann Kemper">Hermann Kemper</a> </td> <td class="note">patent for <a href="/wiki/Maglev_(transport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maglev (transport)">maglev</a> train technology </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Georg_Knorr" title="Georg Knorr">Georg Knorr</a> </td> <td class="note">considerably improved compressed air brake </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Georg_Krauss" class="mw-redirect" title="Georg Krauss">Georg Krauss</a> </td> <td class="note">founder of Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co. in Munich, later part of <a href="/wiki/Krauss-Maffei" class="mw-redirect" title="Krauss-Maffei">Krauss-Maffei</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Friedrich_Krigar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johann Friedrich Krigar (page does not exist)">Johann Friedrich Krigar</a> </td> <td class="note">first <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a> built in the German states at the Königliche Eisengießerei Berlin in 1815 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Krupp" title="Alfred Krupp">Alfred Krupp</a> </td> <td class="note">discovery of seamless <a href="/wiki/Railway_tire" title="Railway tire">tyres</a> for <a href="/wiki/Railway_wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway wheel">railway wheels</a> in 1852 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Klose" title="Adolf Klose">Adolf Klose</a> </td> <td class="note">chief mechanical engineer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_W%C3%BCrttemberg_State_Railways" title="Royal Württemberg State Railways">Royal Württemberg State Railways</a>, designer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Kruckenberg" title="Franz Kruckenberg">Franz Kruckenberg</a> </td> <td class="note">engineer and designer of the <a href="/wiki/Schienenzeppelin" title="Schienenzeppelin">Schienenzeppelin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Lent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfred Lent (page does not exist)">Alfred Lent</a> </td> <td class="note">railway construction in <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg-Halberstadt_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Magdeburg-Halberstadt railway">Magdeburg-Halberstadt railway</a>), chief civil engineer for the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Lehrter_Bahnhof" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof">Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anton_von_Maffei" title="Joseph Anton von Maffei">Joseph Anton von Maffei</a> </td> <td class="note">German steam locomotive manufacturer </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oskar_von_Miller" title="Oskar von Miller">Oskar von Miller</a> </td> <td class="note">engineer, driving force for electrified lines in <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsches_Museum" title="Deutsches Museum">Deutsches Museum</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Reichel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Reichel (page does not exist)">Walter Reichel</a> </td> <td class="note">pantograph, electric locomotives </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_Sauthoff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Friedrich Sauthoff (page does not exist)">Friedrich Sauthoff</a> </td> <td class="note">Sauthoff's resistance formula for train motion </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Schichau" title="Ferdinand Schichau">Ferdinand Schichau</a> </td> <td class="note"><a href="/wiki/Schichau-Werke" title="Schichau-Werke">Schichau-Werke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Schmidt_(engineer)" title="Wilhelm Schmidt (engineer)">Wilhelm Schmidt</a> </td> <td class="note">hot steam Schmidt, developer of the superheated steam technology </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Schubert" title="Johann Andreas Schubert">Johann Andreas Schubert</a> </td> <td class="note">first practical German steam locomotive <a href="/wiki/Saxonia_(locomotive)" title="Saxonia (locomotive)">Saxonia</a> 1839 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Werner_von_Siemens" title="Werner von Siemens">Werner von Siemens</a> </td> <td class="note">first electric locomotive, <a href="/wiki/Siemens" title="Siemens">Siemens-Werke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moritz_Stambke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moritz Stambke (page does not exist)">Moritz Stambke</a> </td> <td class="note">development of the <a href="/wiki/German_state_railway_norms" title="German state railway norms">German state railway norms</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Stumpf_(engineer)" title="Johann Stumpf (engineer)">Johann Stumpf</a> </td> <td class="note">best known for popularising the <a href="/wiki/Uniflow_steam_engine" title="Uniflow steam engine">uniflow steam engine</a> around 1909 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Max_Maria_von_Weber" title="Max Maria von Weber">Max Maria von Weber</a> </td> <td class="note">railway engineer and author </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Paul_Wagner" title="Richard Paul Wagner">Richard Paul Wagner</a> </td> <td class="note">Chief of Design for <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn" title="Deutsche Reichsbahn">Deutsche Reichsbahn</a> 1922–1942; responsible for standard locomotive designs (<i><a href="/wiki/Einheitsdampflokomotive" title="Einheitsdampflokomotive">Einheitslokomotiven</a></i>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Wendler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Wendler (page does not exist)">Hans Wendler</a> </td> <td class="note">railway engineer in the GDR, <i>Wendler</i> coal-dust firing system </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Wittfeld" title="Gustav Wittfeld">Gustav Wittfeld</a> </td> <td class="note">1855 – 1923, developments on steam locomotives and electric railway vehicles </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:text-top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Ludwig_W%C3%B6hlert" title="Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wöhlert">Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wöhlert</a> </td> <td class="note">1797 – 1877l early German industrialist and locomotive manufacturer in Berlin. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="width:120px; vertical-align:top; padding-top:0.5em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switzerland">Switzerland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Switzerland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Abt" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Abt">Roman Abt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abt_rack_railway_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Abt rack railway system">Abt rack railway system</a>, points for funicular railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Buchli" title="Jakob Buchli">Jakob Buchli</a> development of single-axle drive, <a href="/wiki/Buchli_drive" title="Buchli drive">Buchli drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Hildebrand" title="Bruno Hildebrand">Bruno Hildebrand</a>, founder and CEO of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Northeastern_Railway" title="Swiss Northeastern Railway">Swiss Northeastern Railway</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Huber-Stockar" title="Emil Huber-Stockar">Emil Huber-Stockar</a>, pioneer of the electric traction with high-tension, low frequency AC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Locher" title="Eduard Locher">Eduard Locher</a>, rack with horizontal engagement</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatole_Mallet" title="Anatole Mallet">Anatole Mallet</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mallet_locomotive" title="Mallet locomotive">Mallet locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niklaus_Riggenbach" title="Niklaus Riggenbach">Niklaus Riggenbach</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first mountain railway in Europe with rack system, steam locomotive braking system</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Strub" title="Emil Strub">Emil Strub</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strub_rack_railway_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Strub rack railway system">Strub rack railway system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thury" title="René Thury">René Thury</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> engineer, "King of DC", experimental <a href="/wiki/Rack_railway" title="Rack railway">rack railway</a> in 1884 at <a href="/wiki/Montreux" title="Montreux">Montreux</a>, responsible for many inventions especially involving series coupling of electric motors</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Adams_(locomotive_engineer)" title="William Adams (locomotive engineer)">William Adams</a><sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1823–1904), locomotive superintendent of <a href="/wiki/North_London_Railway" title="North London Railway">North London Railway</a>, 1858–1873; <a href="/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" title="Great Eastern Railway">Great Eastern Railway</a> 1873–1878 and <a href="/wiki/London_%26_South_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London & South Western Railway">London & South Western Railway</a> 1878–1895, inventor of <a href="/wiki/Adams_bogie" class="mw-redirect" title="Adams bogie">Adams bogie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bridges_Adams" title="William Bridges Adams">William Bridges Adams</a> (1797–1872), author, inventor and locomotive engineer. Inventor of <a href="/wiki/Adams_axle" title="Adams axle">Adams axle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Blenkinsop" title="John Blenkinsop">John Blenkinsop</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first locomotives with <a href="/wiki/Rack_railway" title="Rack railway">rack system</a> and rack rails</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Beyer" title="Charles Beyer">Charles Beyer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designer, co-founder and manager of <a href="/wiki/Beyer,_Peacock_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Beyer, Peacock & Company">Beyer, Peacock & Company</a> for many years</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Brennan" title="Louis Brennan">Louis Brennan</a>, inventor of a monorail</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> railway pioneer, construction of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Bulleid" title="Oliver Bulleid">Oliver Bulleid</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unorthodox locomotive designer, <a href="/wiki/Chief_mechanical_engineer" title="Chief mechanical engineer">CME</a> of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway (England)">Southern Railway</a>, designed the most powerful <i><a href="/wiki/4-6-2" title="4-6-2">Pacifics</a></i> in Britain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Russell_Crampton" title="Thomas Russell Crampton">Thomas Russell Crampton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Crampton_locomotive" title="Crampton locomotive">Crampton locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Francis_Fairlie" title="Robert Francis Fairlie">Robert Francis Fairlie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fairlie_locomotive" title="Fairlie locomotive">Fairlie locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Fowler,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet">Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet</a>, London railway, locomotives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_William_Garratt" title="Herbert William Garratt">Herbert William Garratt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Garratt_locomotive" title="Garratt locomotive">Garratt locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Gresley" title="Nigel Gresley">Nigel Gresley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designer of world-record holding locomotive, <i><a href="/wiki/4468_Mallard" class="mw-redirect" title="4468 Mallard">Mallard</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Hackworth" title="Timothy Hackworth">Timothy Hackworth</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> built Hedley's <i><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_(locomotive)" title="Puffing Billy (locomotive)">Puffing Billy</a></i> and locomotives for the <a href="/wiki/Stockton_%26_Darlington_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockton & Darlington Railway">Stockton & Darlington Railway</a>, Participant in the <a href="/wiki/Rainhill_trials" title="Rainhill trials">Rainhill trials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hedley" title="William Hedley">William Hedley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designer of the <i><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_(locomotive)" title="Puffing Billy (locomotive)">Puffing Billy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lartigue" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Lartigue">Charles Lartigue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lartigue_Monorail" title="Lartigue Monorail">Lartigue Monorail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Locke" title="Joseph Locke">Joseph Locke</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> next to the Stephensons and Brunel, one of the most important English railway pioneers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Newcomen" title="Thomas Newcomen">Thomas Newcomen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first practical static steam engine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Outram" title="Benjamin Outram">Benjamin Outram</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist. Pioneer in the building of canals and <a href="/wiki/Tramway_(industrial)" title="Tramway (industrial)">tramways</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ramsbottom_(engineer)" title="John Ramsbottom (engineer)">John Ramsbottom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanical engineer">mechanical engineer</a> who invented <i>inter alia</i> the Ramsbottom <a href="/wiki/Safety_valve" title="Safety valve">safety valve</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Displacement_lubricator" class="mw-redirect" title="Displacement lubricator">displacement lubricator</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Track_pan" class="mw-redirect" title="Track pan">water trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Raven" title="Vincent Raven">Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven</a> <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">KBE</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was <a href="/wiki/Chief_mechanical_engineer" title="Chief mechanical engineer">CME</a> of the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(United_Kingdom)" title="North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)">North Eastern Railway</a> from 1910 to 1922<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stephenson" title="George Stephenson">George Stephenson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first economically usable steam locomotive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stephenson" title="Robert Stephenson">Robert Stephenson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> son of George, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Rainhill_trials" title="Rainhill trials">Rainhill trials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stroudley" title="William Stroudley">William Stroudley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers of the 19th century, working principally for <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_%26_South_Coast_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London, Brighton & South Coast Railway">London, Brighton & South Coast Railway</a>. Designed some of the most famous and longest lived steam locomotives of his era</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stirling_(railway_engineer)" title="Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)">Patrick Stirling</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Mechanical_Engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Mechanical Engineer">CME</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Northern Railway (England)">Great Northern Railway</a> where his famous 8 ft singles (4-2-2's) were the principal express engines for many years, achieving world-wide fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Trevithick" title="Richard Trevithick">Richard Trevithick</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "father of the locomotive", built first practical steam locomotive at Penydarran in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> in 1804</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Blacker_Vignoles" title="Charles Blacker Vignoles">Charles Blacker Vignoles</a>, inventor of the Vignoles rail profile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Watt" title="James Watt">James Watt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> improvements to the steam engine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer)" title="Francis Webb (engineer)">Francis Webb</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Mechanical_Engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Mechanical Engineer">CME</a> of the <a href="/wiki/London_%26_North_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London & North Western Railway">London & North Western Railway</a>, a pioneer in the use of steel for locomotives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(engineer)" title="William Wilson (engineer)">William Wilson</a>, first locomotive driver in Germany</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Allen" title="Horatio Allen">Horatio Allen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designed world's first <a href="/wiki/Articulated_locomotive" title="Articulated locomotive">articulated locomotive</a> in 1832</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_William_Baldwin" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthias William Baldwin">Matthias William Baldwin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baldwin Locomotive Works, the world's largest steam locomotive manufacturer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cooper" title="Peter Cooper">Peter Cooper</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a> built in the US</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering" title="Charles F. Kettering">Charles F. Kettering</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> developed high-speed, 2-stroke <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel engines">diesel engines</a> especially for rail traction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_K._MacCurdy" title="William K. MacCurdy">William K. MacCurdy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> developed the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydra-Cushion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydra-Cushion (page does not exist)">Hydra-Cushion</a> in 1954 to ease stress on <a href="/wiki/Goods_wagon" title="Goods wagon">freight cars</a> for <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Marsh" title="Sylvester Marsh">Sylvester Marsh</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Mountain_railway" title="Mountain railway">mountain railway</a> in the world with a <a href="/wiki/Rack_and_pinion" title="Rack and pinion">rack system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Norris_(locomotive_builder)" title="William Norris (locomotive builder)">William Norris</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded the <a href="/wiki/Norris_Locomotive_Works" title="Norris Locomotive Works">Norris Locomotive Works</a> and pioneered the use of the <a href="/wiki/4-2-0" title="4-2-0">4-2-0</a> (<i>Norris</i> type) locomotive in America during the 1840s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mortimer_Pullman" class="mw-redirect" title="George Mortimer Pullman">George Mortimer Pullman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Palace_Car_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Pullman Palace Car Company">Pullman Palace Car Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_(inventor)" title="William Robinson (inventor)">William Robinson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ARA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 59">: 59 </span></sup> inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Track_circuit" title="Track circuit">track circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rogers_(locomotive_builder)" title="Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder)">Thomas Rogers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mechanical engineer and founder of <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works">Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works</a> of <a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson, New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Shay" title="Ephraim Shay">Ephraim Shay</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Shay_locomotive" title="Shay locomotive">Shay locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Julian_Sprague" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Julian Sprague">Frank Julian Sprague</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Father of electric traction" in the US, <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tramway</a>, train safety system</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Stevens" title="Robert L. Stevens">Robert L. Stevens</a>, inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Flanged_T_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanged T rail">Flanged T rail</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_S._Strong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George S. Strong (page does not exist)">George S. Strong</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> introduced new locomotives types in American much in advance of their time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_M._Vauclain" title="Samuel M. Vauclain">Samuel M. Vauclain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a>, patented the Vauclain compound engine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axel_Vogt" title="Axel Vogt">Axel Vogt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mechanical engineer of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> 1887–1919, responsible for many of the beautifully proportioned and elegantly designed Pennsylvania classes, considerable influence on modern U.S. locomotive design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Westinghouse" title="George Westinghouse">George Westinghouse</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designed the first through <a href="/wiki/Compressed_air_brake" class="mw-redirect" title="Compressed air brake">compressed air brake</a> in trains</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Winans" title="Ross Winans">Ross Winans</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prolific inventor and builder of early American locomotives</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_countries">Other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Belpaire" title="Alfred Belpaire">Alfred Belpaire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgium, <a href="/wiki/Chief_mechanical_engineer" title="Chief mechanical engineer">CME</a> and Administrative President of Belgian State Railway. Inventor of <a href="/wiki/Belpaire_firebox" title="Belpaire firebox">Belpaire firebox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_du_Bousquet" title="Gaston du Bousquet">Gaston du Bousquet</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, <a href="/wiki/Chief_mechanical_engineer" title="Chief mechanical engineer">CME</a> (<i>ingénieur en chef traction</i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Chemin_de_Fer_du_Nord" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemin de Fer du Nord">Chemin de Fer du Nord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dobrivoje_Bo%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Dobrivoje Božić">Dobrivoje Božić</a>, Serbia, mechanical engineer, inventor and constructor of the first <a href="/wiki/Railway_air_brake" title="Railway air brake">air brakes for trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Caprotti" title="Arturo Caprotti">Arturo Caprotti</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy, invented rotating cam valve gear for locomotives, the <a href="/wiki/Caprotti_valve_gear" title="Caprotti valve gear">Caprotti valve gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Chapelon" title="André Chapelon">André Chapelon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, built the most powerful steam locomotives in Europe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Cugnot" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Cugnot">Nicholas Cugnot</a>, France, steam coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compound_engine#De_Glehn" title="Compound engine">Alfred de Glehn</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, first <a href="/wiki/Compound_locomotive" title="Compound locomotive">compound locomotive</a> with 4 cylinders in 1894</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attilio_Franco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attilio Franco (page does not exist)">Attilio Franco</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Piero_Crosti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Piero Crosti (page does not exist)">Piero Crosti</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy, invented the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Crosti_boiler" title="Franco-Crosti boiler">Franco-Crosti boiler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ganz" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Ganz">Abraham Ganz</a>, Austria-Hungary, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungarian</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ganz" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganz">Ganz & Cie</a></i>, railway wheels, coach building and electrical railway vehicles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Jacques_Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Jacques Meyer">Jean Jacques Meyer</a>, French locomotive designer, inventor of the articulated <a href="/wiki/Meyer_locomotive" title="Meyer locomotive">Meyer locomotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Abraham_Pihl" title="Carl Abraham Pihl">Carl Abraham Pihl</a>, Norway, developer of the CAP Spur alias <i>Kapspur</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Seguin" title="Marc Seguin">Marc Seguin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, first French locomotive engineer; independent inventor of the fire-tube <a href="/wiki/Boiler" title="Boiler">boiler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blast_pipe" class="mw-redirect" title="Blast pipe">blast pipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Shima" title="Hideo Shima">Hideo Shima</a>, Japanese engineer and overseer of the first <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> line.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egide_Walschaerts" title="Egide Walschaerts">Egide Walschaerts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgium, engineer and inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Walschaerts_valve_gear" title="Walschaerts valve gear">Walschaerts valve gear</a> (also called the Heusinger valve gear)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure_and_politics">Infrastructure and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Infrastructure and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austria_2">Austria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Austria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Ritter_von_Ghega" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Ritter von Ghega">Carl Ritter von Ghega</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Semmering_railway" title="Semmering railway">Semmering railway</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothschild_banking_family_of_Austria" title="Rothschild banking family of Austria">Baron</a> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Salomon_Anselm_von_Rothschild" title="Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild">Albert von Rothschild</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany_2">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philipp-August_von_Amsberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philipp-August von Amsberg (page does not exist)">Philipp-August von Amsberg</a>, first German state railway</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herrmann_Bachstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herrmann Bachstein (page does not exist)">Herrmann Bachstein</a>, initiated with his <i>Centralverwaltung for Secundairbahnen</i> a large number of branch lines</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Adam_Beil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johann Adam Beil (page does not exist)">Johann Adam Beil</a>, manager of the <a href="/wiki/Taunus_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Taunus railway">Taunus railway</a> from 1840 to 1852</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck" title="Otto von Bismarck">Otto von Bismarck</a>, networking of competing private railways by <a href="/wiki/Prussian_state_railways" title="Prussian state railways">nationalisation</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Germany" title="History of rail transport in Germany">political pressure</a>, political concept behind the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn" title="Deutsche Reichsbahn">Deutsche Reichsbahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Dorpm%C3%BCller" title="Julius Dorpmüller">Julius Dorpmüller</a>, general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn" title="Deutsche Reichsbahn">Deutsche Reichsbahn</a> 1926–1945 and Reich Transport Minister from 1937 to 1945, planning of railway construction.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Camille_von_Denis" title="Paul Camille von Denis">Paul Camille von Denis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_Ludwigsbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Bavarian Ludwigsbahn">Bavarian Ludwigsbahn</a> from Nuremberg-Fürth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Etzel" title="Karl Etzel">Karl Etzel</a>, architect and railway pioneer (built, <i>inter alia</i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Brennerbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Brennerbahn">Brennerbahn</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Geislinger_Steige" title="Geislinger Steige">Geislinger Steige</a></i> and the Bietigheim railway viaduct</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gerwig" title="Robert Gerwig">Robert Gerwig</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Schwarzwaldbahn_(Baden)" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwarzwaldbahn (Baden)">Schwarzwaldbahn</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gotthardbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotthardbahn">Gotthardbahn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hansemann" title="David Hansemann">David Hansemann</a> banker, politician, vice president of the Rhenisch railway company</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Harkort" title="Friedrich Harkort">Friedrich Harkort</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prinz-Wilhelm_railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prinz-Wilhelm railway (page does not exist)">Prinz-Wilhelm railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_von_der_Heydt" title="August von der Heydt">August von der Heydt</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_state_railways" title="Prussian state railways">Prussian state railways</a> from 1848 to 1869</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Knoll" title="Michael Knoll">Michael Knoll</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Geislinger_Steige" title="Geislinger Steige">Geislinger Steige</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claus_Koepcke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Claus Koepcke (page does not exist)">Claus Koepcke</a>, engineer and responsible for the development of the <a href="/wiki/Saxon_narrow_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxon narrow gauge railways">Saxon narrow gauge railways</a> as the <i>Geheimer Finanzrat</i> from 1872</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Kr%C3%B6hnke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gustav Kröhnke (page does not exist)">Gustav Kröhnke</a>, engineer, pushed for the construction of the <i><a href="/wiki/Vogelfluglinie" title="Vogelfluglinie">Vogelfluglinie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_List" title="Friedrich List">Friedrich List</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German economist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_von_Maybach" title="Albert von Maybach">Albert von Maybach</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_state_railways" title="Prussian state railways">Prussian state railways</a> from 1879</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder" title="Helmuth von Moltke the Elder">Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke</a>, field marshal, strategist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Victor_Robert_Schwartzkopff" title="Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff">Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_2-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German businessman, founded L Schwartzkopff, later <a href="/wiki/Berliner_Maschinenbau" title="Berliner Maschinenbau">Berliner Maschinenbau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Henry_Strousberg" title="Bethel Henry Strousberg">Bethel Henry Strousberg</a>, numerous routes in former Prussia and central Europe</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switzerland_2">Switzerland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Switzerland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Escher" title="Alfred Escher">Alfred Escher</a>, Swiss railway law, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Northeastern_Railway" title="Swiss Northeastern Railway">Swiss Northeastern Railway</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gotthardbahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotthardbahn">Gotthardbahn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Guyer-Zeller" title="Adolf Guyer-Zeller">Adolf Guyer-Zeller</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jungfraubahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Jungfraubahn">Jungfraubahn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alois_Negrelli" title="Alois Negrelli">Alois Negrelli von Moldelbe</a>, first Swiss railway from Baden to Zürich</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_Jan_Holsboer" title="Willem Jan Holsboer">Willem Jan Holsboer</a>, initiator of the <a href="/wiki/Rhaetian_Railway" title="Rhaetian Railway">Rhaetian Railway</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom_2">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey">Thomas Brassey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> railway entrepreneur, built railways on every continent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel" title="Isambard Kingdom Brunel">Isambard Kingdom Brunel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> numerous British railway lines, broad gauge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Pease_(railway_pioneer)" title="Edward Pease (railway pioneer)">Edward Pease</a>, initiator and operator of the <a href="/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway" title="Stockton and Darlington Railway">Stockton and Darlington Railway</a>, co-founder of the <a href="/wiki/Railway_town" title="Railway town">railway town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough" title="Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Morton_Peto" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Morton Peto">Samuel Morton Peto</a>, English railway entrepreneur (1809–1889)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_2">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Barriger_III" title="John W. Barriger III">John W. Barriger III</a>, railway entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morrison_Flagler" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Morrison Flagler">Henry Morrison Flagler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">Florida East Coast Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Gould" title="Jay Gould">Jay Gould</a>, railway <a href="/wiki/Tycoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tycoon">tycoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._H._Harriman" title="E. H. Harriman">E. H. Harriman</a>, railway <a href="/wiki/Tycoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tycoon">tycoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_J._Hill" title="James J. Hill">James J. Hill</a>, railway <a href="/wiki/Tycoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tycoon">tycoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Moffat" title="David Moffat">David Moffat</a>, railway entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jackson_Palmer" title="William Jackson Palmer">William Jackson Palmer</a>, railway entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Sweringen_brothers" title="Van Sweringen brothers">van Sweringen brothers</a>, railway entrepreneurs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-R-W_1-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-W-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> railway <a href="/wiki/Tycoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tycoon">tycoon</a>, patented Vanderbilt boilers and tenders</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Willard" title="Daniel Willard">Daniel Willard</a>, railway manager</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_countries_2">Other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armand" title="Louis Armand">Louis Armand</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, president of <a href="/wiki/SNCF" title="SNCF">SNCF</a> board of directors, president of <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Railways" title="International Union of Railways">UIC</a> and inventor of water treatment process for steam locomotives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes" title="Cecil Rhodes">Cecil Rhodes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UT_3-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> railway construction in Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cornelius_Van_Horne" title="William Cornelius Van Horne">William Cornelius Van Horne</a>, responsible for the completion of the transcontinental route of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Hjorth" title="Søren Hjorth">Søren Hjorth</a>, initiator of the first Scandinavian railway line from <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> to <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_railway_pioneers&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport" title="History of rail 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href="#cite_ref-Lex_2-33"><sup><i><b>ah</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lex_2-34"><sup><i><b>ai</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lex_2-35"><sup><i><b>aj</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lex_2-36"><sup><i><b>ak</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lex_2-37"><sup><i><b>al</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirsche1978" class="citation book cs1">Kirsche, Hans-Joachim (1978). <i>Lexicon der Eisenbahn</i> (5th ed.). transpress.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lexicon+der+Eisenbahn&rft.edition=5th&rft.pub=transpress&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Kirsche&rft.aufirst=Hans-Joachim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+railway+pioneers" class="Z3988"></span>, biographical entry.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UT-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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href="#cite_ref-UT_3-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-30"><sup><i><b>ae</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-31"><sup><i><b>af</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-32"><sup><i><b>ag</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-33"><sup><i><b>ah</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-34"><sup><i><b>ai</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-35"><sup><i><b>aj</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-36"><sup><i><b>ak</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-37"><sup><i><b>al</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-38"><sup><i><b>am</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-39"><sup><i><b>an</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-40"><sup><i><b>ao</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-41"><sup><i><b>ap</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-42"><sup><i><b>aq</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-43"><sup><i><b>ar</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-44"><sup><i><b>as</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-45"><sup><i><b>at</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-46"><sup><i><b>au</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-47"><sup><i><b>av</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-48"><sup><i><b>aw</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-49"><sup><i><b>ax</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-50"><sup><i><b>ay</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-51"><sup><i><b>az</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UT_3-52"><sup><i><b>ba</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerring2000" class="citation book cs1">Herring, Peter (2000). <i>Ultimate Train</i> (2000 ed.). 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