Key Figures in Railroad History

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Preston Stanley Arkwright

President — Georgia Railway and Electric Company

<div class="mh-excerpt">Preston Stanley Arkwright, a corporate lawyer originally from Savannah and son-in-law of former Governor Alfred H. Colquitt, was hired as the president of the newly formed Georgia Railway and Electric Company in 1902.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/preston-arkwright/" title="Preston Stanley Arkwright"></a>

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William Wallace Atterbury

President — Pennsylvania Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">William Wallace Atterbury began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1886 and served as a brigadier general during World War I.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/william-atterbury/" title="William Wallace Atterbury"></a>

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