Casey Jones white plaque

Memphis, TN, United States

4E 33 Casey Jones From a station on this site the night of Apr. 29, 1900, John Luther Jones, replacing the regularly detailed engineer, took out engine 382, pulling the Illinois Central "Cannonball". Driving into a blocked switch at Vaughan, Miss. early the following morning, he stayed with his engi

ne to save his passengers. He was the only man to die in the wreck.

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