Casey Jones
Engineer — Illinois Central Railroad
John Luther “Casey” Jones was an American railroader who died when his passenger train, pulled by locomotive Number 382, collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi.
John Pendleton King
President — Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
John Pendleton King was a prominent attorney, railroad executive and politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia.
Ed Lewis
Like many lifelong railroaders, Edward “Ed” Lewis’s love affair with trains and railroads began as a child. Growing up in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, he would explore, often by bicycle, rail lines and stations in his home state and…
George Thomas Lewis
Receiver — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad
George Thomas Lewis, a Pennsylvania native, was instrumental in rebuilding the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad after the Civil War, serving first as receiver of the railroad from July 1, 1865, to April 1, 1867, and later as…
John Wood Lewis Sr.
Superintendent — Western & Atlantic Railroad
John Wood Lewis Sr. was a physician, Baptist minister, businessman, politician, and superintendent of Georgia's state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad.
Roger Lewis
President — Amtrak
Roger Lewis was the first president of Amtrak, serving from 1971 to 1975.