The True Story Of Casey Jones From Erie Railroad Magazine Vol 24 (April 1928), No 2, pp. 13, 44. On the last day of April occurs the 28th anniversary of the death of Casey Jones, probably the most famous of a long line of locomotive engineer heroes who have died at their post of duty, one hand on the whistle and the other on the airbrake lever. Casey Jones' fame rests on a series of nondescript ...

Railroad History Located near the site of the train wreck that took the life of the legendary engineer, the Casey Jones Railroad Museum State Park commemorates Jones' life and the story of railroading in Mississippi. Shortly after midnight on April 30, 1900, the cannonball left Memphis, Tennessee with Jonathan Luther Casey Jones at the throttle. Trying to make up time in the run from Memphis ...