Key Figures in Railroad History

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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.

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Robert A. Anderson

Superintendent — Western & Atlantic Railroad

R.A. “Bob” Anderson began his career with the Western & Atlantic Railroad in about 1856.

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Preston Stanley Arkwright

President — Georgia Railway and Electric Company

Preston Stanley Arkwright, a corporate lawyer originally from Savannah and son-in-law of former Governor Alfred H. Colquitt, was hired as the president of the newly formed Georgia Railway and Electric Company in 1902.

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William Wallace Atterbury

President — Pennsylvania Railroad

William Wallace Atterbury began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1886 and served as a brigadier general during World War I.

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