William Allen Fuller
Conductor — Western & Atlantic Railroad
William Allen Fuller (April 15, 1836-December 28, 1905) was born in 1836 in Morrow Station, south of Atlanta in Henry County. He entered service as a conductor on the Western & Atlantic Railroad on September 8, 1855. He…
Joseph F. Renard
Engineer — Western & Atlantic Railroad
Joseph F. “Uncle Joe” Renard was born on April 1, 1837, in Charleston, South Carolina, and he always wanted to be a train engineer. He was a “pioneer engineer” on the Western & Atlantic and served as an…
L. A. Abshire
Engineer — Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad
L.A. Abshire was an engineer on the Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad by 1886. Abshire left Clarksville, Tennessee, in March 1887 for Decatur, Alabama, where he engaged in the sawmill business.
William Adair
Engineer — Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
William F. Adair (July 11, 1821-1909) was the engineer of the Kentucky locomotive on September 15, 1845, the first locomotive to pull into Atlanta.
James D. Adams
Conductor — Western & Atlantic Railroad
James D. Adams, affectionately known as “Uncle Jim” to generations of travelers, died at midnight on Nov. 12, 1914, at the home of his sister in Smyrna, Georgia.
Richard E. Allen
Engineer — Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Richard E. Allen was killed on Oct. 11, 1849, near Bel-Air, Georgia, when the Georgia Rail Road locomotive Altoona suffered a boiler explosion while ascending a grade. Allen was standing at the gauges when the boiler exploded, blowing…
J. N. Alsup
Electric Street Railway of Clarksville
J.N. Alsup was the contractor for the new Electric Street Railway of Clarksville, which replaced a mule-drawn system.
Andrew Jackson Anderson
Engineer — Western & Atlantic Railroad
Andrew Jackson Anderson, a native of Hamburg, South Carolina, joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1860 or 1861.