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Andrew Jackson Anderson
Engineer
Biography
Andrew Jackson Anderson, a native of Hamburg, South Carolina, joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1860 or 1861 and was Jeff Cain’s fireman before becoming an engineer.
Robert A. Anderson
Superintendent
Biography
R.A. “Bob” Anderson began his career with the Western & Atlantic Railroad in about 1856.
The Locust Grove native began his career as a clerk in the railroad’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, freight office. After two years in that role, he was promoted to general freight agent.
In 1863, he left the railroad to serve for the Confederacy, holding a role in the engineering department.
After the state leased the line in 1870, Anderson was named general superintendent, and he assumed the superintendent role in about 1882 after William MacRae resigned the post.
When the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway leased the line from the state in 1890, he was named general superintendent of the Western & Atlantic’s property. However, with his health failing, he resigned from the post after only a few months.
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Charlie Barnett
Engineer
Biography
Charlie Barnett was the engineer on train No. 2, the last Western and Atlantic Railroad train from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia, to operate over the railroad’s five-foot gauge. The railroad subsequently changed the railroad’s gauge to match the national gauge.
Charles Beardsley
Train Dispatcher
Biography
Charles Beardsley joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1869. He began as an operator on the railroad.
He resigned as a train dispatcher for the Western and Atlantic Railroad in about February 1891.
B. A. Bell
Smyrna Agent
Biography
B.A. Bell joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1868.
Sanford Luilem Bell
Conductor
Biography
Sanford L. Bell joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad as a conductor in 1852.
J. H. Bishop
Transfer Clerk
Biography
J.H. Bishop joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1873.
