| Name | Position | Appointed | Notes |
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| Secretary |
|---|
| Mr. T.J. Buckton | Secretary | 26th Aug. 1846 | |
| Mr. F. Slight | Secretary | 29th Oct. 1849 | |
| Sir Allen Sarle | Secretary (pro tem) | 2nd July 1867 | |
| Secretary | 20th Nov. 1867 | |
| Secretary and General Manager | 20th Oct. 1886 | |
| Mr. J.J. Brewer | Secretary | 26th Jan. 1898 | |
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| Managers & Superintendents |
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| Mr. Peter Clarke | Manager | 3rd Aug. 1846 | |
| Mr. Hawkins | Superintendent of Goods Dept. | 1st Jan. 1849 | |
| Mr. Pountain | Superintendent of matters not relating
to the Goods Dept. | 1st Jan. 1849 | |
| Mr. Hawkins | Manager of Passenger and Goods traffic | 20th May 1850 | |
| Mr. J.P. Knight | Traffic Manager | 21st Apr. 1869 | Born 1828, died 1886 |
| General Manager | 1st Jan. 1870 |
| Sir Allen Sarle | Secretary and General Manager | 20th Oct. 1886 | |
| Mr. J.F.S. Gooday | General Manager | 8th Dec. 1897 | |
| Sir William Forbes | General Manager | 30th May 1899 | |
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| Engineers |
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| Mr. Hood | Acted as Engineer until 1860 | | |
| Mr. F.D. Bannister | Resident Engineer | 3rd Dec. 1860 | |
| Sir C.L. Morgan | Chief Engineer | 29th Nov. 1895 | |
| Sir J.B. Ball | Engineer | 1st Mar. 1917 | |
| Mr. O.G.C. Drury | Engineer | 20th Oct. 1920 | |
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| Locomotive Engineers |
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| Mr. J. Gray | Locomotive Engineer | 27th Mar. 1845 | |
| Mr. T. Kirtley | Locomotive Engineer | 1st Feb. 1847 | |
| Mr. J.C. Craven | Locomotive Engineer | 15th Nov. 1847 | Born 11th September 1813, died 27 June 1887. |
| Mr. W. Stroudley | Locomotive Engineer | 1st Feb. 1870 | Born 6th March 1833, died 20th December 1889. |
| Mr. R.J. Billinton | Locomotive Engineer | 13th Jan. 1890 | Born 5th April 1845, died 7th November 1904. |
| Mr. D.E. Marsh | Locomotive Engineer | 23rd Nov. 1904 | Born 4th January 1862, died May 1933. |
| Col. L.B. Billinton | Locomotive Engineer | 1st Jan. 1912 | Born 1882, died November 1954. |