List of railway pioneers

As a railway pioneers personalities in history who have accomplished outstanding achievements in the development and construction of the railway apply. These mainly include automotive engineers, civil engineers, operators of railway companies, investors and politicians. The classification of a person as a railway engineer, however, not based on objective criteria.

  • 2.1 Germany
  • 2.2 United Kingdom
  • 2.3 Austria
  • 2.4 Switzerland
  • 2.5 USA
  • 2.6 Other Countries

Technical development of the railways

Germany

  • August von Borries, composite action and 1880 first Prussian compound locomotive
  • August Borsig early, built in Germany locomotives, Borsig -Werke
  • Paul Camille von Denis, Head of the construction of the first railway car in Germany for the Bavarian Ludwig Railway Nuremberg -Fürth
  • Robert Garbe, the Prussian Mechanical Engineer
  • Richard Hartmann, German steam locomotive manufacturer, Saxon Maschinenfabrik in Chemnitz
  • Richard von Helmholtz, German engineer, designer of the Krauss- Helmholtz bissel
  • Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg designer, Heusinger control
  • Georg Knorr ( much improved air brake )
  • George Krauss, founder of the locomotive factory Krauss & Co. in Munich, later part of Krauss -Maffei
  • Johann Friedrich Krigar first built in the German countries locomotives in the Royal Berlin Iron Foundry in 1815
  • Adolf Klose, Upper machinist Royal Württemberg State Railways, designer
  • Franz Kruckenberg, engineer and designer of the Rail Zeppelin
  • Joseph Anton von Maffei, German steam locomotive manufacturer
  • Oskar von Miller engineer, pioneer of track electrification in Bavaria, founder of the Deutsches Museum
  • Wilhelm Schmidt, developer of the superheated steam technology
  • Johann Andreas Schubert, first operation suitable for German steam locomotive Saxonia 1839
  • Werner von Siemens (first electric locomotive, Siemens works )
  • Max Maria von Weber railway engineer and author
  • Hans Wendler railway engineer in the GDR, pulverized coal combustion system Wendler
  • Gustav Wittfeld 1855 - 1923, developments in steam locomotives and electric locomotives

Great Britain

Austria

  • Johann Brotan, Brotankessel
  • William of Engerth, Engerth Locomotive
  • Franz Anton von Gerstner, construction of the horse railway Budweis -Linz - Gmunden
  • Carl Ritter von Ghega, builder of the Semmering Railway
  • Adolph Giesl - Gieslingen, developer of the Giesl ejector
  • Karl Gölsdorf, first six -coupled steam locomotive
  • Louis Adolf Gölsdorf, Luggage locomotive
  • Johann Řihošek, series scheme of kkStB, brakes, spark arrestor

Switzerland

USA

  • Matthias William Baldwin, Baldwin Locomotive Works, the world's largest steam locomotive producer
  • Peter Cooper, first built in the U.S. locomotive
  • Sylvester Marsh, first mountain railway in the world with gear drive
  • George Mortimer Pullman, Pullman, Pullman Sleeping Car Company, USA
  • Frank Julian Sprague " father of electric traction " in the United States, trams, train control systems
  • George Westinghouse (first by air brakes on trains )

France

  • André Chapelon, France, created powerful steam locomotives in Europe
  • Nicholas Cugnot, France, (steam wagon)
  • Alfred de Glehn, France, 1894 first compound locomotive with 4 cylinders,

Other countries

  • Abraham Ganz, Austria - Hungary, founder of the Hungarian Ganz & Co., railway wheels, wagon and electric power units

Infrastructure and policy

Germany

  • Joseph von Baader, 1763-1835 (configuration of railways in Bavaria)
  • Herrmann Bachstein ( initiated with its Central Administration for Secundärbahnen a variety of branch lines )
  • Johann Adam Beil, 1840-1852 Director of the Taunus Railway
  • Paul Camille von Denis ( Bavarian Ludwig Railway Nuremberg -Fürth, Taunus -Eisenbahn Frankfurt -Wiesbaden )
  • David Hansemannplatz banker, politician, Vice President of the Rhine 's railway company
  • Friedrich Harkort ( Prince William Railway Company, routing of the Prince William Railway )
  • August von der Heydt 1848-1869 head of the Prussian railways
  • Claus Koepcke engineer and responsible Secret Fiscal 1872 for the development of the Saxon narrow gauge railways
  • Friedrich Lenz (entrepreneur) ( 1846-1930 ) built and operating numerous small and branch lines
  • Friedrich List ( German economist )
  • Bethel Henry Strousberg (numerous routes in the former Prussia and in Central and Eastern Europe )
  • Carl Waechter (1840-1913) founder of the railway company Vering & Waechter, initiator of numerous small and branch lines

Great Britain

  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel ( many British railway lines, Broad gauge railway )
  • Sir Samuel Morton Peto, English railway entrepreneur (1809-1889)

Austria

  • Wilhelm Eichler of Eichkron ( railway entrepreneur, Vienna Gloggnitzer Railway, Semmering Railway, Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway )
  • Carl Ritter von Ghega ( Semmering Railway )
  • Franz Josef Gerstner ( project of a horse railway Budweis -Linz - Gmunden )
  • Viktor oven home, Knights of Ponteuxin, Director General of the Lviv- Czernowitz railway and major shareholder of several railway companies
  • Josef Riehl ( railway projects, including Stubaitalbahn Mittenwaldbahn, Igls, Hungerburgbahn )

Switzerland

USA

Other countries

  • William Cornelius Van Horne ( provided the completion of the transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway)
  • Cecil Rhodes ( railway construction in Africa)
Krauss-Maffei Schienenzeppelin Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen Johann Rihosek Matthias W. Baldwin George Pullman Ábrahám Ganz Rhenish Railway Company Stubai Valley Railway Gotthard railway Adolf Guyer-Zeller
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