John Egan was General Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Western Division from 1882 to July 1886 with headquarters at

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

, Manitoba. He was succeeded by William Whyte. Formerly with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, Egan was hired by

William Cornelius Van Horne Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, (February 3, 1843September 11, 1915) is most famous for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, a project that was completed in 1885, in under half the projected time. He succe ...

to oversee the completion of the first transcontinental rail link in Canada. He was present at the driving of the last spike on November 7, 1885. Egan returned to the United States where he held executive positions with the St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway amongst others.

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*Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887 (Chicago : Railway Age Pub. Co.), 97, 141. American railroad executives Canadian Pacific Railway executives Year of death missing Year of birth missing {{Canada-business-bio-stub