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William Wallace Atterbury
President
Biography
William Wallace Atterbury began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1886 and served as a brigadier general during World War I. In 1925, “The Railroad General” succeeded Samuel Rea as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, serving in the post until he retired because of poor health in 1935.
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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.
Benjamin Bartle
Engineer
Biography
Benjamin Bartle was the engineer on August 6, 1860, when the first Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad train crossed the bridge over the Cumberland River in Clarksville, Tennessee. The bridge represented a major hurdle in building a vital portion of the rail line linking Memphis and Louisville.
In October 1860, Bartle traveled to Philadelphia “where he had been to receive a fine new locomotive just finished there for the” Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville.
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.