Caspar Wistar Haines II was born February 11, 1853 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania into prominent Colonial and Revolutionary War Quaker families located in the Germantown district of Philadelphia to Robert Bowne Haines and Margaret Vaux Wistar Haines. On the death of his aunt Jane Reuben Haines, Caspar, his sister Jane and his brother inherited the family homestead and farm “Wyck” which was also called the Haines House. Currently (2016) Wyck is listed a National Historic Landmark in the Colonial Germantown Historic District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Haines matriculated in 1872 at Haverford College and graduated from Lehigh University in 1874 in civil engineering. In 1883 Haverford College awarded him an A.M. degree as a widely known engineer. He worked as a professional railroad engineer principally in Mexico from about 1883 to 1899 and helped to design the Mexican National Railway System and provided his services to the Inter-Continental Railroad of Guatemala. He also made astronomical observations in Buenos Aires for the United States government. In the United States he was associated with the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad with which he was associated during the reconstruction period following the Johnstown flood. In writing “Curvas de ferro-carril” in Spanish, his intended use was for Spanish-American engineers who were not familiar with the American method of “deflection angles” but used the cumbersome method of “offsets from tangents or chords.” During his many years in Mexico he became associated with Hiel Hamilton Filley (1849- 1907) who was chief engineer of the Guanajuato Power & Electric Company (the old Mexican National Construction Company) in Mexico. Mr. Filley was his Chief and advisor on the Mexican terminology. His sister, Jane, founded the first school of horticulture for women now at Temple University Ambler campus as the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. His brother invented a gauge for measuring steel in rolling mills. Mr. Haines was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Franklin Institute. In 1880 he was president of the Lehigh Alumni Association and in 1890 was vice-president. He was also first president of the Philadelphia Lehigh Club. Caspar Wistar Haines died suddenly October 12, 1935.