Key Figures in Railroad History

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Oliver Wiley Harbin

Engineer — Rome Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">Oliver Harbin was born on June 16, 1834, in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/oliver-harbin/" title="Oliver Wiley Harbin"></a>

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Richard R. Hargis

Conductor — Western & Atlantic Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">Dick Hargis was the conductor on the last Western and Atlantic Railroad train from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia, to operate over the railroad’s five-foot gauge.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/dick-hargis/" title="Richard R. Hargis"></a>

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R. J. Harlan

Superintendent — Central of Georgia Railway

<div class="mh-excerpt">R.J. Harlan was appointed superintendent of the Macon Division of the Central of Georgia Railway in October 1906.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/r-harlan/" title="R. J. Harlan"></a>

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Allen H. Harris

General Superintendent — Citizens Street Railway

<div class="mh-excerpt">Allen H. Harris was involved with the streetcar system in Clarksville, Tennessee, for about 25 years and was general superintendent for the Citizens Street Railway from about 1916 until 1928.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/allen-harris-2/" title="Allen H. Harris"></a>

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Reginald Fairfax Harrison

President — Southern Railway

<div class="mh-excerpt">Reginald Fairfax Harrison served as president of the Southern Railway from 1913 until he retired in 1937.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/reginald-harrison/" title="Reginald Fairfax Harrison"></a>

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John LaRue Helm

President — Louisville & Nashville Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">John LaRue Helm became the railroad's second president on October 2, 1854, after the previous president had been forced out following a disagreement with Louisville's board of aldermen.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/john-helm/" title="John LaRue Helm"></a>

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G. A. Henry

President — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">Gustavus Adolphus Henry was a Whig Party leader and a law school classmate of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/g-henry/" title="G. A. Henry"></a>

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