Key Figures in Railroad History

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Marion Eulan Carter

Fireman — Louisville & Nashville Railroad

M.E. “Red” Carter of Mansfield, Tennessee, was the fireman on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train that plunged from an open drawbridge in Clarksville, Tennessee, into the Cumberland River 50 feet below on June 13, 1947.

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N. A. Chastain

Foreman Machine Shop — Western & Atlantic Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">N.A. Chastain began with the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1870.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/n-chastain/" title="N. A. Chastain"></a>

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Boyd M. Cheatham

Assistant Superintendent — Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad

<div class="mh-excerpt">Boyd M. Cheatham was a noted Tennessee politician who was also associated with the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/boyd-cheatham/" title="Boyd M. Cheatham"></a>

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Herman Peter Claussen II

Founder — Gulf & Ohio Railways

<div class="mh-excerpt">Herman Peter “Pete” Claussen II learned to love railroads thanks to his German grandfather, who couldn’t speak English but who connected with his young grandson by taking him to a park near their New Jersey home to watch for trains that passed on adjacent tracks.</div> <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://railfanning.org/people/name/herman-claussen/" title="Herman Peter Claussen II"></a>

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Tales from the Rails on Substack

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