Jonathan Luther "John" "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 -- April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). He became an internationally known icon due to his heroic last ride on April 30, 1900, when he saved all the passengers on his train (the so-called "cannonball" passenger run) by slowing the express before colliding into a stalled freight train near Vaughan, Mississippi.
Jones was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine wiper for the IC.
Surprisingly, there are no clearly authentic photographs of the famous wreck in existence.
And equally surprising, there is no Trainz version of Casey Jones' famous locomotive....
Jones was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine wiper for the IC.
Surprisingly, there are no clearly authentic photographs of the famous wreck in existence.
And equally surprising, there is no Trainz version of Casey Jones' famous locomotive....
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