A. S. Ray
Conductor — Tennessee Central
<div class="mh-excerpt">A.S. Ray was the conductor of the last Tennessee Central freight train through Clarksville, Tennessee.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/a-ray/" title="A. S. Ray"></a>
Samuel Rea
President — Pennsylvania Railroad
<div class="mh-excerpt">Samuel Rea first joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. One of his most significant accomplishments may be helping to bring the railroad into New York City.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/samuel-rea/" title="Samuel Rea"></a>
Paul Reistrup
President — Amtrak
<div class="mh-excerpt">Paul Reistrup was the second president of Amtrak from 1975 to 1978.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/paul-reistrup/" title="Paul Reistrup"></a>
Joseph F. Renard
Engineer — Western & Atlantic Railroad
<div class="mh-excerpt">Joseph F. “Uncle Joe” Renard was born on April 1, 1837, in Charleston, South Carolina, and he always wanted to be a train engineer. He was a “pioneer engineer” on the Western & Atlantic and served as an engineer on the State Road for more than 40 years.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/joseph-renard/" title="Joseph F. Renard"></a>
John F. Reynolds
Conductor — Western & Atlantic Railroad
<div class="mh-excerpt">John F. Reynolds was one of the first Western & Atlantic Railroad conductors, beginning service on September 11, 1848.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/john-reynolds/" title="John F. Reynolds"></a>
Robert Virgil Rhodes
Engineer — Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
<div class="mh-excerpt">Robert Virgil Rhodes was killed in a November 1911 head-on collision near Dalton, Georgia.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/robert-rhodes/" title="Robert Virgil Rhodes"></a>