John F. Reynolds » Employees of the Western & Atlantic Railroad

Biographical Info

John F. Reynolds (unknown-August 20, 1891) was one of the first Western & Atlantic Railroad conductors, beginning service on September 11, 1848. He was the conductor of the first Western & Atlantic train to operate in Dalton, Georgia, in the 1840s.

In 1855, he was the conductor of the first train to cross the new bridge over the Etowah River. By July 1888, he was the railroad agent in Dalton, where he died on August 20, 1891.