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Dennis Sullivan
Boiler Maker
Biography
Dennis Sullivan joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1873.
James T. Sullivan
Engineer
Biography
J.T. Sullivan was the engineer of the northbound Southern Railway passenger train that crashed into Camp Creek near McDonough, Georgia, on June 23, 1900.
He was born in Atlanta circa 1858. J.T. Sullivan worked for the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Southern Railway for twenty years. According to a newspaper account of his death, he was among the best-known and most popular engineers running out of Atlanta. He was highly esteemed by other engineers and idolized by his family.
He left behind a widow and six children. He lived at 608 South Pryor Street in Atlanta at the time of his death.
Patrick Sullivan
Machinist
Biography
Patrick Sullivan joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1872.
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John Edgar Thomson
Biography
J. Edgar Thomson led the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1852 until 1874. Under his leadership, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew exponentially, including the acquisition of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company.
“In all the movements which have resulted in the present enormous extension of the business of the Pennsylvania Railroad Mr. Thompson, as its president, took an active and leading part and is deserving of credit,” The New York Herald wrote in Thompson’s May 1874 obituary.