Jon McGrath

Jon M. McGrath is a fifth-generation railroader. He started working for his father at the age of 14. Eventually he moved up to equipment operator, track foreman, superintendent, vice president and president. During college McGrath started working on the Washington DC staff of US Congressman and United States Ambassador James R. Jones. Since joining the 160-year-old family railroad firm founded by his second great grandfather in 1865, McGrath has been involved innumerous rail projects across the United States including 30 mass transit projects in San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Galveston, Washington DC, and Baltimore. The McGrath firm designs, constructs, inspects, and maintains railroads for short line, military, industrial railroads, Amtrak, and the amusement park industry. McGrath is also active globally in the supply of Petroleum and Fuel Grade Coke, Sulphur reduction and Mining of Rare Earth Minerals. A native Tulsan, McGrath was educated at Bishop Kelley High School, Crowder College, The University of Oklahoma, Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College and the Corp of Engineers Waterways Research Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Jon M. McGrath along with his father J. M. “Bud” McGrath are members of the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Railroad Hall of Fame.