Posner's grandfather Henry Posner Sr. was born in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in c.1905,[13] aged seventeen.[14] Posner's parents Henry Posner Jr. and Helen MacMurdo Posner were married in 1953.[15] Henry Posner III married Anne Molley in 1982.[10]As of 2015[update], Posner III continued to live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[16]
From 1998 onwards, Posner served as a trustee of the Winchester Thurston School, additionally serving as president for four years.[4]
Since 2017, Posner has been an adjunct instructor at Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), teaching the course "The American Railroad-Decline and Renaissance in the Era of Deregulation".[7] In the course Posner shares eccentric stories of his time working in the railroad industry. In 2021 Posner hired two students from the course to facilitate work on a battery-operated Vivarail D-Train imported from the United Kingdom for the "Pop-up Metro" project.[18]
1 2 Compton, Carrie (2022-03-25). "For Ukrainian refugees traveling from Poland to Germany, Henry Posner III '77's train awaits". Alumni Spotlight. Princeton International. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-07-23. During Posner's voyage, where his Russian-speaking skills were dusted off and put to use, 480 souls were transported three hours away to Hanover, … Posner estimates approximately 500 refugees per day have been carried along his line to safety.
↑ Preston, Robert (2025-06-03). "New entrants look to fill niche left by Fret SNCF break-up". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-08. "Our niche is what the incumbent operator doesn't want to do," RDC chair, Henry Posner III, told IRJ, pointing out that RDC joined with Eurorail to strengthen its credentials in the French freight market. "We found a niche with a partner and built it from there," he says, stressing that, as with its operations in Germany, RDC does not look to compete head-to-head with the incumbent operator but rather keep on rail traffic that might otherwise be lost to road.
↑ "About Henry Posner, Sr". Digital collections. Posner Collector's Files. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2022-07-23. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Henry Posner Senior emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston about 1905.
↑ Schooley, Tim (2015-11-20). "Personalities of Pittsburgh: Henry Posner III". Pittsburgh Business Times. The fact that I'm here is because of a decision my grandfather made 100 years ago when he came from Poland.
Steigerwald, William (2002-01-27). "In a Gray Light, Lima's Softer Side Shines". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-05-23. Posner's management company operates small railroads in developing countries, including Peru's Ferrocarril Central Andino railroad, the highest standard-gauge rail line in the world. Twice a year the Ferrocarril, usually a freight line, hooks up with Trains Unlimited, Tours and runs a special over-the-Andes passenger excursion for British and U.S. railroad fans.
Steigerwald, Bill (2002-02-03). "Work's a joyride for rail renovation entrepreneur"(PDF). Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2025-05-21. with a staff of just Ferrocarril Central Andinofive people, Railroad Development manages and owns parts of seven former government-owned freight railways like the Central Andino in six underdeveloped countries — Peru, Guatemala, Argentina, Mozambique, Malawi and, most recently, Estonia.
Wright, Robert (2007-01-16). "Estonia completes rail renationalisation". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 2025-05-21. sale follows almost constant pressure on Baltic Rail Services, the private consortium that owned 66 per cent of Eesti Raudtee … government paid BRS $200m for its 66 per cent stake, originally purchased for $58m. … Henry Posner, chairman of Railway Development Corporation, … a shareholder in BRS, … said it was impossible to protect fully against politically-motivated revisions of a contract. However, BRS had not been naive when it signed the privatisation contract, he insisted. … option to take any dispute to arbitration before the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce's arbitration institute, an option the company eventually took and had helped force a settlement with the government,
Dickerson, Marla (2007-06-14). "An uphill climb for train buff". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-05-21. For nine years, the rail buff has been pouring time and money ‒ $15 million so far ‒ into a quest to get Guatemala's railways back on track. … maternal grandfather, who was a signalman on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Or perhaps it was the British rail vacation when he was 8. … Posner studied engineering at Princeton because it had a transportation program -- not to mention a commuter train known as the "Dinky" that stops at Princeton Station. … sold Amtrak tickets out of his dorm room. … proofread train schedules for the "The Official Railway Guide." … interned at the now-defunct Rock Island Line.
"Chugga-Chugga, Boo-Hoo!". Forbes. 2005-07-25. Retrieved 2025-05-21. Henry Posner III … is a trainman to the core. Besides the Iowa short-line railroad, his Railroad Development Corp. (RDC) has over the last dozen years invested nearly $20 million piecing together freight-rail scraps in Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi and Estonia--making Posner, 49, the largest known individual U.S. investor in foreign rail privatization.
Borne, Émile (2011-01-10). "Henry Posner III, le magicien du rail"[Henry Posner III, the magician of rail]. Doux dingue. Bakchich (in French). Lagardère Group. Archived from the original on 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
Vantuono, William C. (2024-10-28). "Posner Supports NRRHF Capital Campaign". Freight. Railway Age. Retrieved 2025-05-21. The National Railroad Hall of Fame has received a $200,000 capital campaign gift from Henry I. Posner, III for the organization's visitor attraction in Galesburg.
"Honoring The Breaks They Were Given". Bob Pietrandrea and Henry Posner III are two opposites, who together built a company that has spanned four continents, and whose 30-year friendship is now immortalized in an endowed professorship in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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