Robert Buckner Claytor (February 27, 1922 – April 9, 1993) was an American railroad administrator.
[1] He was the first chairman and CEO of the new Norfolk Southern, and is credited with locating the headquarters of the Fortune 500 company in Norfolk, Virginia, within sight of the massive coal pier at Lambert's Point on the Elizabeth River at Hampton Roads.
He occasionally took the helm as engineer with his brother, W. Graham Claytor Jr., who had been president of Southern Railway (U.S.) and later, CEO of Amtrak.
He was the son of W. Graham Claytor (1886-1971), who as vice president of Appalachian Power Company supervised the construction of the dam and creation of a 4,500 acre (18 km2), 21 mile (34 km) long lake on the New River at Claytor Lake State Park in Virginia, and of Gertrude Harris Boatwright Claytor, a poet.
Robert B. Claytor died of cancer on April 9, 1993, at his home in Norfolk.