Key Figures in Railroad History

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Alan Stephenson Boyd

President — Amtrak

Alan Stephenson Boyd was a lawyer by trade, and in November 1966, he was the first secretary of the United States Department of Transportation.

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Thomas J. Bradley

Engineer — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

Thomas J. Bradley was at the throttle of Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad locomotive No. 9 on February 10, 1870, when its boiler suddenly exploded. The blast sent Bradley “whizzing through the air for some distance” into a…

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Gilbert C. Breed

General Freight Agent — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

Gilbert C. Breed held a series of posts with the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad.

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Joseph Emerson Brown

President — Western & Atlantic Railroad

Joseph Emerson Brown was an attorney, politician, and railroad executive whose career became closely associated with the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad during the late nineteenth century.

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Joseph Mackey Brown

Western & Atlantic Railroad

Joseph Mackey Brown was the 59th governor of Georgia and served two terms, one from 1909 to 1911 and the other from 1912 to 1913.

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