James I. C. Boyd

male
historian, isle of man, author, north, North Wales, Mid Wales…narrowgaugerailway
James Ian Craig Boyd is an author and narrow gauge railway historian. Boyd has spent a lifetime researching and writing on this subject. As a...
William Jackson Palmer

William Jackson Palmer

male, deceased (1909)
Union Pacific Railroad System, narrowgaugerailway, Kansas Pacific Railroad, narrow gauge, freedmen, philanthropist
William Jackson Palmer (September 17, 1836 - March 13, 1909) was an American civil engineer, soldier, industrialist, and philanthropist. Young...
Anatole Mallet

Anatole Mallet

male, deceased (1919)
articulated, compound system, steam locomotive, truck, Tank locomotive, Mallet locomotive…narrow gauge, narrowgaugerailway
Jules T. Anatole Mallet (23 May 1837 - 10 October 1919) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, who was the inventor of the first successful compound...
Walter Marvin Knott

Walter Marvin Knott

male, deceased (1981) (Fullerton, California, United States)
narrowgaugerailway, amusement park, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland, farmer, American…narrow gauge
Walter Marvin Knott (December 11, 1889-December 3, 1981) was a farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park. In the 1920s, Walter Knott...
F. Nelson Blount

F. Nelson Blount

male, deceased (1967)
narrowgaugerailway, Business Person, hurricane, amusement park, protein, millionaire…standard gauge, narrow gauge
F. Nelson Blount was president and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, and as a millionaire collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail...

Lucian Sprague

male, deceased (1960)
narrowgaugerailway, narrow gauge, great northern, American, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad…Great Northern Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, Uintah Railway
Lucian C. Sprague was an American railroad executive. Sprague was born in Serena, Illinois on September 29, 1882, and during his early years held a...

Carl Abraham Phil

male, deceased (1897)
narrowgaugerailway, Norges Statsbaner, engineer, standard gauge, Norwegian State Railways, Hamar…narrow gauge
Carl Abraham Phil (born 1825, died 1897) was a Norwegian civil engineer and director of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) from 1865 until his...