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1 1800-1865: Birth and Development  





2 1866-1945: Golden Era  





3 1946-Present: Modern Era  





4 References  





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Coordinates: 40°5652.1N 90°2157.2W / 40.947806°N 90.365889°W / 40.947806; -90.365889
 

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The US National Railroad Hall of Fame was established in 2003 and recognized by Congressional resolutions in 2003 and 2004. The main offices of the hall of fame are in Galesburg, Illinois.[1]

The National Railroad Hall of Fame has three categories for inductees:

1) 1800-1865: Birth and Development
2) 1866-1945: Golden Era
3) 1946-Present: Modern Era

1800-1865: Birth and Development

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Inductee Notes
Horatio Allen
Matthias W. Baldwin
Peter Cooper
Stephen A. Douglas
William Washington Gordon
Herman Haupt
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Minot
William B. Ogden
George Pullman
Col. John Stevens
Henry Huttleston Rogers

1866-1945: Golden Era

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Inductee Notes
Peter M. Arthur
Andrew Jackson Beard
Grenville M. Dodge
Henry M. Flagler
Sandford Fleming
Edward H. Harriman
James J. Hill
Cyrus K. Holliday
Elijah McCoy
J.P. Morgan
The City of Nashville and West Nashville
Willard Saxby Townsend
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George Westinghouse
James Buchanan Eads
Edward G. Budd

1946-Present: Modern Era

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Inductee Notes
John W. Barriger, III
Max and Thelma Biegert
Ralph Budd
W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
L. Stanley Crane
Mike Haverty
Jervis Langdon, Jr.
Louis W. Menk
Paul M. Tellier
John C. Kenefick
Alfred E. Perlman
Joshua Lionel Cowen
D. William Brosnan
Charles F. Kettering
Asa Philip Randolph

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40°56′52.1″N 90°21′57.2″W / 40.947806°N 90.365889°W / 40.947806; -90.365889


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