Richard F. Timmons

Richard F. Timmons is a former American military officer and retired railroad executive.

Military career
As a military officer, he commanded companies in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vietnam. Later, he commanded the Eighth Army in Korea, was Executive Officer to the Secretary of the Army and served as liaison officer to the U.S. Senate. He performed the final official flight of the OV-1 Mohawk. He retired from the military after thirty-two years of service.

Railroad career
Timmons joined Norfolk Southern in 1998, becoming Resident Vice President for Public Affairs for Pennsylvania and New York. He left for the position of President of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association on September 3, 2002.

He was awarded Railway Age's "Railroader of the Year" in 2006. After a one-year extension of his tenure at the board's request, he retired at the end of 2014, replaced by Linda Darr.