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John Corbin
In February 1886, John Corbin was killed after he was knocked from the top of the train and crushed at the mouth of the tunnel.
James Craig
James Craig joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1871.
Franklin Alexander Crawford
James Crozier
James Crozier joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1857.
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Grandison Daniels
Grandison Daniels joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1865.
George A. Deihl
George Deihl joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1870.
R. P. Dempsey
James Dobbs
James Dobbs was one of two Western and Atlantic Railroad passenger conductors in 1850.
William A. Downs
William A. Downs (June 1, 1821-unknown), a Gwinnett County native, worked as a mail carrier between Social Circle and Athens before he became an express messenger on the Georgia Railroad under Combs & Co.
When the firm sold out to the Adams Express Company, Downs went to work for the Georgia Railroad as baggage master. He remained in that role until 1865.
In, he returned to the express company for about a year. He then went to the Western & Atlantic Railroad as a conductor until 1874.
In 1874, he went to work for Atlanta & Charlotte Railroad, where he remained until he retired in 1878.