Key Figures in Railroad History

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Eugene Riley

Engineer — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

Eugene Riley was the engineer on the No. 2 express train on July 28, 1869, when it crashed at Budds Creek near Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Isaac Martin Roberts

Engineer — Roswell Railroad

Isaac Martin “Ike” Roberts was a longtime engineer whose career spanned nearly six decades and is best remembered as the longtime engineer of the Roswell Railroad.

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Richard Robey

Richard Robey, a native of Cranford, New Jersey, began his railroading career in 1964 with a college summer job at the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

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