Oakes Ames

Oakes Ames

male, deceased (1873)
American railroad executive, from Bristol County, Massachusetts, transcontinental railroad, Blacksmith, capitalism, gold…UnionPacific
Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 - May 8, 1873) was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from...
William Henry Jackson

William Henry Jackson

male, deceased (1942)
from Vermont, Oregon Trail, Yellowstone, battle of gettysburg, Mountain climber, UnionPacific
William Henry Jackson (April 41843 - June 301942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. He...
Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

male, deceased (1972)
Me and the Colonel, armenian, The Great McGinty, Alphaville, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, For Whom the Bell Tolls…UnionPacific
Akim Tamiroff (October 29, 1899, Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgia - September 17, 1972, Palm Springs, California) was an actor of Armenian ethnicity,...

Thomas C. Durant

male, deceased (1885)
Albany Medical College alumni, buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, First Transcontinental Railroad, American, credit mobilier scandal, Albany Medical College…UnionPacific, union pacific railroad, Pacific Railroad Act, Central Pacific
Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, 1820-1885, was an American financier and railroad promoter. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific in 1869 when it met...
Gilbert Stanley Underwood

Gilbert Stanley Underwood

male, deceased (1960)
Omaha, Ahwahnee Hotel, Federal Architects Project, Bryce Canyon National Park, timberline lodge, mount hood…union pacific railroad, UnionPacific
Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890-1960) was an American architect best known for his National Park lodges. Born in 1890, Underwood received his B.A....
Artemus Gates

Artemus Gates

male
Bonesman, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., hotchkiss school, Safeway, Inc., UnionPacific, Undersecretary of the Navy
Artemus Gates (November 3, 1895-June 14, 1976) was a great grandson of lumber baron Chancy Lamb and a grandson of lumber baron Artemus Lamb. He...

Robert S. Lovett

male, deceased (1932)
Northern Securities Case, Locust Valley, New York., Board of Director, san jacinto, Southern Pacific Railroad, board of directors…union pacific railroad, UnionPacific, Southern Pacific
Robert Scott Lovett (June 22,1860 - June 19,1932) lawyer, railroad president. Born at San Jacinto, Texas he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and...
David Eccles

David Eccles

male, deceased (1912)
Scottish, paisley, American, transcontinental railroad, liberty, eden…UnionPacific
David Eccles was an American businessman who founded many businesses in Utah. Eccles was born in Paisley, Scotland to William and Sarah Hutchinson...
Kip Hawley

Kip Hawley

male
TSA Administrator, University of Virginia, CEO, chief executive officer, United States Department of Homeland Security, University of Virginia School of Law…union pacific railroad, UnionPacific
Editor's note: Today we unveil a new regular feature called "Five Good Questions." We'll interview an industry newsmaker about current issues and...

Doyle McCormack

male
Portland, union pacific railroad, vintage, UnionPacific, railfan, Southern Pacific 4449
Doyle McCormack is a railroad preservationist, and is well known among the railfan community. Doyle is a retired Union Pacific locomotive engineer...