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Robert Pritchard
Brakeman
Biography
Robert Pritchard was killed on February 5, 1886, when he apparently fell from the train and was crushed.
James Pyron
Engineer
Biography
James Pyron joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1866.
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A. S. Ray
Conductor
Biography
A.S. Ray was the conductor of the last Tennessee Central freight train through Clarksville, Tennessee.
Samuel Rea
President
Biography
Samuel Rea (September 21, 1855-March 24, 1929) first joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. One of his most significant accomplishments may be helping to bring the railroad into New York City.
On January 1, 1907, Rea laid the cornerstone of the new station at the corner of 7th Avenue and 33rd Street. On March 1, 1909, the railroad officially named its new Manhattan station Pennsylvania Station. The station opened in 1910, serving both the Long Island and the Pennsylvania railroads.
Rea went on to serve as the Pennsylvania Railroad’s ninth president from 1913 to 1925.
Paul Reistrup
President
Biography
Paul Reistrup was the second president of Amtrak from 1975 to 1978.
Before joining Amtrak, he had extensive passenger rail service experience with the Baltimore & Ohio and Illinois Central railroads.
Reistrup’s accomplishments at Amtrak include purchasing the Beech Grove, Indiana, heavy maintenance facility from Penn Central, introducing new single-level Amfleet cars into revenue service and gaining control of most of the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston. He also ordered bi-level Superliner cars for long-distance services, experimented with converting older equipment to head-end power, and initiated a rebuilding of the Chicago rail yards.