Key Figures in Railroad History

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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.

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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.

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James D. Adams

Conductor — Western & Atlantic Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">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.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/james-adams/" title="James D. Adams"></a>

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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…

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J. N. Alsup

Electric Street Railway of Clarksville

<div class="mh-excerpt">J.N. Alsup was the contractor for the new Electric Street Railway of Clarksville, which replaced a mule-drawn system.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/j-alsup/" title="J. N. Alsup"></a>

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Andrew Jackson Anderson

Engineer — Western & Atlantic Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">Andrew Jackson Anderson, a native of Hamburg, South Carolina, joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1860 or 1861.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/andrew-anderson/" title="Andrew Jackson Anderson"></a>

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Robert A. Anderson

Superintendent — Western & Atlantic Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">R.A. “Bob” Anderson began his career with the Western & Atlantic Railroad in about 1856.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/robert-anderson/" title="Robert A. Anderson"></a>

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