Key Figures in Railroad History

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B. S. Ivy

Foundry Foreman — Western & Atlantic Railroad

B.S. Ivy joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1873.

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M. A. Jackson

Conductor — Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad

M.A. Jackson resigned his post as conductor on the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad in about October 1868.

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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.

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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.

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Tales from the Rails on Substack

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