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American locomotive engineer who is the subject in a popular ballad. 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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Casey Jones</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:CaseyJonesPortrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/CaseyJonesPortrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="272" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Luther Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1863-03-14</span>)</span>March 14, 1863<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 30, 1900<span style="display:none">(1900-04-30)</span> (aged 37)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Vaughan,_Mississippi" title="Vaughan, Mississippi">Vaughan, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Train_wreck" title="Train wreck">Train wreck</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mount Calvary Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">John Jones</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Locomotive engineer</li><li>railroad worker</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1878–1900</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mary Joanna Brady</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1886)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Luther</b> "<b>Casey</b>" <b>Jones</b> (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in <a href="/wiki/Vaughan,_Mississippi" title="Vaughan, Mississippi">Vaughan, Mississippi</a>. </p><p>Jones was a locomotive engineer for the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">Illinois Central Railroad</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, and Jackson, Mississippi. He was noted for his exceptionally punctual schedules, which sometimes required a degree of risk, though this was not a factor on his fatal last journey. However, there is some disagreement about the sequence of events on that night, April 29–30, 1900. </p><p>He was due to run the southbound passenger service from Memphis to <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Mississippi" title="Canton, Mississippi">Canton, Mississippi</a>, departing 11:35 p.m. Owing to the absence of another engineer, he had to take over another service through the day, which may have deprived him of sleep. He eventually departed 75 minutes late, but was confident of making up the time with the powerful ten-wheeler Engine No. <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a>, known as "Cannonball". This was then later referenced in a New York newspaper to describe <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Baker" title="Erwin Baker">Erwin Baker</a> and his now infamous "<a href="/wiki/Cannonball_Baker_Sea-to-Shining-Sea_Memorial_Trophy_Dash" title="Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash">Cannonball Run</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Casey Jones postcard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg/220px-Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg/330px-Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg/440px-Casey_Jones_Postcard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1640" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>Casey Jones postcard with a commemorative postage stamp</figcaption></figure> <p>Approaching Vaughan at high speed, he was unaware that three trains were occupying the station, one of which was broken down and directly on his line. Some claim that he ignored a flagman signaling to him, though this person may have been out of sight on a tight bend or obscured by fog. All are agreed, however, that Jones managed to avert a potentially disastrous crash through his exceptional skill at slowing the engine and saving the lives of the passengers at the cost of his own. For this, he was immortalized in a traditional song, "<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Casey_Jones" title="The Ballad of Casey Jones">The Ballad of Casey Jones</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_background">Family background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was born in rural southeastern Missouri. The Jones family moved to <a href="/wiki/Cayce,_Kentucky" title="Cayce, Kentucky">Cayce, Kentucky</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after his mother Ann Nolan Jones and his father Frank Jones, a schoolteacher, decided that the rural areas of Missouri offered few opportunities for their family.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was there that he acquired the nickname of "Cayce", which he chose to spell as "Casey".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones met his wife Mary Joanna "Janie" Brady through her father, who owned the boarding house where Jones was staying. Since she was <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, he decided to convert and was baptized on November 11, 1886, at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in <a href="/wiki/Whistler,_Alabama" title="Whistler, Alabama">Whistler, Alabama</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to please her. They were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>, on November 25, 1886. They bought a house at West Chester Street in Jackson, Tennessee, where they raised their three children.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By all accounts he was a devoted family man and <a href="/wiki/Teetotaler" class="mw-redirect" title="Teetotaler">teetotaler</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Promotion_to_engineer">Promotion to engineer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Promotion to engineer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones went to work for the <a href="/wiki/Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Mobile and Ohio Railroad">Mobile & Ohio Railroad</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegraph">telegraph</a> operator, performed well, and was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Brakeman" title="Brakeman">brakeman</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Kentucky" title="Columbus, Kentucky">Columbus, Kentucky</a>, to Jackson, Tennessee route, and then to <a href="/wiki/Fireman_(steam_engine)" title="Fireman (steam engine)">fireman</a> on the Jackson, Tennessee to <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, route.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 1887, a <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> epidemic struck many train crews on the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">Illinois Central Railroad</a> (IC), providing an unexpected opportunity for faster promotion of firemen on that line. On March 1, 1888, Jones switched to IC, firing a freight locomotive between Jackson, Tennessee and <a href="/wiki/Water_Valley,_Mississippi" title="Water Valley, Mississippi">Water Valley, Mississippi</a>. </p><p>He was promoted to engineer, his lifelong goal, on February 23, 1891. Jones reached the pinnacle of the railroad profession as an expert locomotive engineer for IC. Railroading was a talent, and Jones was recognized by his peers as one of the best engineers in the business. He was known for his insistence that he "get her there on the advertised [time]" and that he never "fall down", meaning he never arrived at his destination behind schedule. He was so punctual, it was said that people set their watches by him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>His work in Jackson primarily involved freight service between Jackson and Water Valley, Mississippi. Both locations were busy and important stops for IC, and he developed close ties with them between 1890 and 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_at_the_World's_Columbian_Exposition_of_1893"><span id="Service_at_the_World.27s_Columbian_Exposition_of_1893"></span>Service at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">World's Columbian Exposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, in 1893, IC was charged with providing commuter service for the thousands of visitors to the fairground. A call was sent out for trainmen who wanted to work there. Jones answered it, spending the summer there with his wife. He shuttled many people from Van Buren Street to Jackson Park during the exposition. It was his first experience as an engineer in passenger service and he enjoyed it.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Casey_Jones.jpg/220px-Casey_Jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Casey_Jones.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="246" /></a><figcaption>Casey Jones in the cab of No. 638 in 1898</figcaption></figure> <p>At the Exposition, he became acquainted with No. 638, a new freight engine IC had on display as the latest and greatest technological advancement in locomotives. It had eight drive wheels and two pilot wheels, a <a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> "Consolidation" type. At the closing of the fair, No. 638 was due to be sent to Water Valley for service in the Jackson District. Jones asked for permission to drive the engine back to Water Valley. His request was approved, and No. 638 ran its first 589 miles (948 km) with Jones at the throttle to Water Valley. Jones liked No. 638 and liked working in the Jackson District because his family was there. They had once moved to Water Valley, but returned to Jackson, which they felt was home. </p><p>Jones drove the engine until he transferred to Memphis in February 1900. No. 638 stayed in Water Valley. That year, he drove the engine that became most closely associated with him one time. That was Engine No. <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a>, known affectionately as "Ole <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a>.", or "Cannonball". It was a steam-driven Rogers <a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> "Ten Wheeler" with six drivers, each approximately six feet (1.8 m) high. Bought new in 1898 from the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_and_Machine_Works" title="Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works">Rogers Locomotive Works</a>, it was a very powerful engine for the time. </p><p>His regular fireman on No. 638 was his close friend John Wesley McKinnie, with whom he worked exclusively from about 1897 until he switched to the passenger run out of Memphis. There he worked with his next and last fireman, Simeon T. "Sim" Webb in 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rescue_of_a_child_from_the_tracks">Rescue of a child from the tracks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rescue of a child from the tracks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A little-known example of Jones's heroic instincts in action is described by his biographer and friend Fred J. Lee in his book <i>Casey Jones: Epic of the American Railroad</i> (1939). He recounts an incident in 1895 as Jones's train approached <a href="/wiki/Michigan_City,_Mississippi" title="Michigan City, Mississippi">Michigan City, Mississippi</a>. He had left the cab with a fellow engineer Bob Stevenson, who had reduced speed sufficiently for Jones to walk safely out on the running board to oil the relief valves. He advanced from the running board to the steam chest and then to the pilot beam to adjust the spark screen. He had finished well before they arrived at the station, as planned, and was returning to the cab when he noticed a group of small children dart in front of the train some 60 yards (55 m) ahead. All cleared the rails easily except for a little girl who suddenly froze in fear at the sight of the oncoming locomotive. Jones shouted to Stevenson to reverse the train and yelled to the girl to get off the tracks in almost the same breath. Realizing that she was still immobile, he raced to the tip of the pilot (<a href="/wiki/Cowcatcher" title="Cowcatcher">cowcatcher</a>) and braced himself on it, reaching out as far as he could to pull the frightened but unharmed girl from the rails. The event was partially spoofed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_Engineer" title="The Brave Engineer">The Brave Engineer</a></i>, in which the hero rescued a damsel from a cliché bandit.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (October 2020)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Casey_Jones#Rescue_of_a_child_from_the_tracks" title="Talk:Casey Jones">discuss</a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_player">Baseball player</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Baseball player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was an avid <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> fan and watched or participated in the game whenever his schedule allowed. During the 1880s, he had played in <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Kentucky" title="Columbus, Kentucky">Columbus, Kentucky</a>, while he was a club operator on the M & O. One Sunday during the summer of 1898, the Water Valley shop team was scheduled to play the Jackson shop team and Jones got to haul the team to Jackson for the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rules_infractions">Rules infractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rules infractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was issued nine citations for rules infractions in his career, with a total of 145 days suspended. But in the year prior to his death, Jones had not been cited for any rules infractions. Railroaders who worked with Jones liked him but admitted that he was a bit of a risk-taker. Unofficially though, the penalties were far more severe for running behind than breaking the rules<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. He was by all accounts an ambitious engineer, eager to move up the seniority ranks and serve on the better-paying, more prestigious passenger trains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transfer_to_passenger_trains">Transfer to passenger trains</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transfer to passenger trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 1900, Jones was transferred from Jackson, Tennessee to <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, for the passenger run between Memphis and <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Mississippi" title="Canton, Mississippi">Canton, Mississippi</a>. This was one link of a four-train run between <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, the so-called "cannonball" passenger run. "Cannonball" was a contemporary term applied to fast mail and fast passenger trains of those days, but it was a generic term for speed service. This run offered the fastest schedules in the history of American railroading. Some veteran engineers doubted the times could be met and some quit.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Engineer Willard W. "Bill" Hatfield had transferred from Memphis back to a run out of Water Valley, thus opening up trains No. 2 (north) and No. 3 (south) to another engineer. Jones had to move his family to Memphis and give up working with his close friend John Wesley McKinnie on No. 638, but he thought the change was worth it. Jones would drive Hatfield's Engine No. 384, sister to <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a>, until his death in 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fatal_accident">Fatal accident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fatal accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg/250px-Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg/330px-Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg/500px-Casey_Jones_Marker_021201.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Marker in Memphis, Tennessee, commemorating Casey Jones</figcaption></figure> <p>There is disagreement over the circumstances prior to Casey Jones's fatal last run. </p> <ul><li>In the account given in the book <i>Railroad Avenue</i> by Freeman H. Hubbard, which was based on an interview with fireman Sim Webb, he and Casey had been used extra on trains 3 and 2 to cover for engineer Sam Tate, who had marked off ill. They returned to Memphis at 6:25 a.m. on April 29. This gave them adequate time to be rested for No. 1 that night, which was their regular assigned run.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Fred J. Lee biography <i>Casey Jones</i> contended that the men arrived in Memphis on No. 4 at 9 p.m. April 29. They were asked to turn around and take No. 1 back to Canton to fill in for Sam Tate, who had marked off. This would have given them little time to rest, as No. 1 was due out at 11:35 p.m. In both accounts, Jones's regular run included trains 1 and 4.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In a third account, trains 3 and 2 were Jones and Webb's regular run, and they were asked to fill in for Sam Tate that night on No. 1, having arrived that morning on No. 2.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The fact that Casey was operating locomotive 382 the night of the accident, rather than his regular locomotive 384, tends to support the latter two accounts. </p><p>In any event, they departed Memphis on the fatal run at 12:50 a.m., 75 minutes behind schedule owing to No. 1's late arrival. The crew felt the conditions of the run, including a fast engine, a good fireman, a light train, and rainy or damp weather, were ideal for a record-setting run. The weather was foggy, reducing visibility, and the run was well known for its tricky curves.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first section of the run, Jones drove from Memphis 100 miles (160 km) south to <a href="/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi" title="Grenada, Mississippi">Grenada, Mississippi</a>, with an intermediate <a href="/wiki/Water_stop" title="Water stop">water stop</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sardis,_Mississippi" title="Sardis, Mississippi">Sardis, Mississippi</a>, over a new section of light and shaky rails at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). By the time Jones arrived at Grenada for another water stop, he had made up 55 minutes of the 75-minute delay. </p><p>Jones made up another 15 minutes in the 25-mile (40 km) stretch from Grenada to <a href="/wiki/Winona,_Mississippi" title="Winona, Mississippi">Winona, Mississippi</a>. By the time he got to <a href="/wiki/Durant,_Mississippi" title="Durant, Mississippi">Durant, Mississippi</a>, Jones was almost on time. He was quite happy, saying to Webb at one point, "Sim, the old girl's got her dancing slippers on tonight!" as he leaned on the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Bar_(locomotive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson Bar (locomotive)">Johnson bar</a>. </p><p>At Durant, he received new orders to take to the <a href="/wiki/Siding_(rail)" title="Siding (rail)">siding</a> at <a href="/wiki/Goodman,_Mississippi" title="Goodman, Mississippi">Goodman, Mississippi</a> (8 miles (13 km) south of Durant), wait for the No. 2 passenger train to pass, and then continue on to Vaughan. Furthermore, he was informed he would meet local No. 26 passenger train at Vaughan (15 miles (24 km) south of Goodman). He was told No. 26 was in two sections and would be on the siding, so he would take priority over it. After allowing No. 2 by them at Goodman, Jones pulled out of the siding only five minutes behind schedule. With 25 miles (40 km) of fast track ahead, Jones likely felt he had a good chance to make it to Canton by 4:05 am "on the advertised".<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unbeknownst to Jones, three separate trains were in the station at Vaughan. The No. 83, a double-header freight train (located to the north and headed south), which had been delayed, and the No. 72, a long freight train (located to the south and headed north), were both on the passing track to the east of the main line. The combined length of the two trains was ten cars longer than the length of the east passing track, causing some of the cars to be stopped on the main line. The two sections of No. 26 had arrived from Canton earlier, and required a <a href="/wiki/Passing_loop" title="Passing loop">saw-by maneuver</a> to get to the <a href="/wiki/Freight_house" title="Freight house">house track</a> west of the main line. The saw-by maneuver required No. 83 to back up onto the main line, to allow No. 72 to move northward and pull its overlapping cars off the main line and onto the east side track from the south switch. This allowed the two sections of No. 26 to gain access to the house track. The saw-by, however, left the rear cars of No. 83 overlapping above the north switch and on the main line, directly in Jones' path. As workers prepared a second saw-by to let Jones pass, an air hose broke on No. 72, locking its brakes and leaving the last four cars of No. 83 on the main line.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Jones_home.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Casey_Jones_home.jpg/250px-Casey_Jones_home.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Casey_Jones_home.jpg/375px-Casey_Jones_home.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Casey_Jones_home.jpg/500px-Casey_Jones_home.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Memorial plaque for Jones, in front of his home at the time of his death, Jackson, Tennessee</figcaption></figure> <p>At the same time, Jones, who was almost back on schedule, was running at about 75 miles per hour (120 km/h) toward Vaughan. As Jones and Webb approached the station, they went through a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) left-hand curve, and the locomotive's boiler obscured Jones' view from the engine's right side. Webb's view from the left side was better, and he was first to see the red rear marker lights of the caboose on the main line. He alerted Jones, "Oh, my Lord! There's something on the main line!" Jones jumped to his feet and looked across the boiler to where he could now see the impending collision. He shut off steam, reversed the throttle, and slammed the airbrakes into emergency stop, before ordering, "Jump, Sim, and save yourself!" "You too, Casey!", Webb pleaded, but Jones firmly refused, "No! I'll stay at my post!" </p><p>Sim then stepped down the ladder on Casey's side of the engine, crouched, and flung himself into the darkness an estimated 300 feet (90 m) before impact, landing hard on the ballast and knocking himself unconscious. The last thing he heard as he jumped was the long, piercing whistle used by Jones to warn anyone still in the freight train looming ahead. At that point, Jones was only two minutes behind schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones reversed the throttle and slammed the airbrakes into emergency stop, but it was too late. As the train crew of No. 83 ran for their lives, No. 382 quickly plowed through the caboose and two fully loaded boxcars of corn and hay, and overturned to the right, plowing into a six-foot earthen berm, coming to rest facing the direction it had come from. The tender followed the engine, and the baggage car behind the tender also climbed the embankment, breaking Baggageman Miller's ribs, but his was the only serious injury of the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the crews of the parked freight trains ran to the scene, they quickly extinguished a small fire, caused when the hot coals from the firebox of Jones' engine lit the scattered hay from one of the boxcars ablaze. They then approached the overturned locomotive, and found Jones' body underneath the cab. There is conjecture about exactly what his cause of death was; some versions of the story say a piece of lumber was driven through his neck. Another says that one of his arms was ripped from its socket. Yet another states that his skull was crushed, or that he had been scalded to death by escaping steam. Above all, popular legend holds his hands still clutched the whistle cord and brake when his body was pulled from the wreckage. His watch stopped at the time of impact, 3:52 a.m. </p><p>At any rate, it's believed Jones' actions prevented any other serious injury and death; Jones was the only fatality of the collision. He had been able to reduce his speed to about 40 miles per hour (60 km/h) before impact. </p><p>The railroad employees carried Jones' remains over half a mile to the Vaughan depot, and laid them upon a baggage cart. The depot was closed for the night, requiring some of the men to kick the door down, in order to access the telegraph office to report the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next morning, Jones's body was transported to Jackson, Tennessee by the No. 26 passenger train. A funeral service was held May 2, 1900, at St. Mary's Church, where he and Janie Brady had married 14 years before. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery. A record 15 enginemen rode 118 miles (190 km) from Water Valley to pay their last respects.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverage_of_the_accident">Coverage of the accident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coverage of the accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The headlines in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_Sun" title="The Jackson Sun">The Jackson Sun</a></i> (Jackson, Tennessee) read: "FATAL WRECK – Engineer Casey Jones, of This City, Killed Near Canton, Miss. – DENSE FOG THE DIRECT CAUSE – Of a Rear End Collision on the Illinois Central. – Fireman and Messenger Injured – Passenger Train Crashed Into a Local Freight Partly on the Siding – Several Cars Demolished."<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>, newspaper report described the accident: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The south-bound passenger train No. 1 was running under a full head of steam when it crashed into the rear end of a caboose and three freight cars which were standing on the main track, the other portion of the train being on a sidetrack. The caboose and two of the cars were smashed to pieces, the engine left the rails and plowed into an embankment, where it overturned and was completely wrecked, the baggage and mail coaches also being thrown from the track and badly damaged. The engineer was killed outright by the concussion. His body was found lying under the cab, with his skull crushed and right arm torn from its socket. The fireman jumped just in time to save his life. The express messenger was thrown against the side of the car, having two of his ribs broken by the blow, but his condition is not considered dangerous.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Jones's legend was quickly fueled by headlines such as "DEAD UNDER HIS CAB: THE SAD END OF ENGINEER CASEY JONES," <i><a href="/wiki/The_Commercial_Appeal" title="The Commercial Appeal">The Commercial Appeal</a></i>, Memphis, Tennessee; and "HEROIC ENGINEER – Sticks to his post at cost of life. Railroad Wreck at Vaughan's on Illinois Central Railroad – Terrible Fatality Prevented by Engineer's Loyalty to Duty – A passenger's Story," <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times-Picayune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Times-Picayune">The Times-Democrat</a></i>, New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The passenger in the article was Adam Hauser, formerly a member of <i>The Times-Democrat</i> telegraph staff. He was in a sleeper on Jones's southbound fast mail and said after the wreck: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The passengers did not suffer, and there was no panic. </p><p>I was jarred a little in my bunk, but when fairly awake the train was stopped and everything was still. </p><p>Engineer Jones did a wonderful as well as a heroic piece of work, at the cost of his life. </p><p> The marvel and mystery is how Engineer Jones stopped that train. The railroad men themselves wondered at it and of course the uninitiated could not do less. But stop it he did. In a way that showed his complete mastery of his engine, as well as his sublime heroism. I imagine that the Vaughan wreck will be talked about in roundhouses, lunchrooms and cabooses for the next six months, not alone on the Illinois Central, but many other roads in Mississippi and Louisiana.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illinois_Central_Railroad_report_on_accident">Illinois Central Railroad report on accident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Illinois Central Railroad report on accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Jones,_1950_issue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg/290px-Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg/435px-Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg/580px-Casey_Jones%2C_1950_issue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1255" data-file-height="822" /></a><figcaption>Casey Jones depicted on a 3-cent <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamp</a> issued by the U.S.Post Office, 1950 issue</figcaption></figure> <p>A conductor's report filed five hours after the accident stated, "Engineer on No.1 failed to answer flagman who was out proper distance. It is supposed he did not see the flag." This was the position the IC held in its official reports.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final IC accident report was released July 13, 1900, by A.S. Sullivan, general superintendent of IC. It stated, "Engineer Jones was solely responsible having disregarded the signals given by Flagman Newberry." John M. Newberry was the flagman on the southbound No. 83 that Jones hit. According to the report, he had gone out a distance of 3,000 feet (910 m), where he had placed warning <a href="/wiki/Railroad_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad torpedo">torpedoes</a> on the rail. He continued north a further distance of 500 to 800 feet (150 to 240 m), where he stood and gave signals to Jones's train No. 1. Historians and the press had questions about the official findings. </p><p>In the report, Fireman Sim Webb states that he heard the torpedo explode before going to the gangway on the engineer's side and seeing the flagman with the red and white lights standing alongside the tracks. Going to the fireman's side, he saw the markers of No. 83's caboose and yelled to Jones. But it would have been impossible for him to have seen the flagman if the flagman had been positioned 500–800 feet (150–240 m) before the torpedoes, as the report says he was. In any event, some railroad historians<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (August 2024)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> have disputed the official account over the years, finding it difficult if not impossible to believe that an engineer of Jones's experience would have ignored a flagman and fusees (flares) and torpedoes exploded on the rail to alert him to danger. </p><p>Contrary to what the report claimed, shortly after the accident and until his death Webb maintained, "We saw no flagman or fusees, we heard no torpedoes. Without any warning we plowed into that caboose."<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Injuries_and_losses_from_wreck">Injuries and losses from wreck</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Injuries and losses from wreck"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The personal injury and physical damage costs of the wreck were initially estimated as follows: </p> <ul><li>Simeon T. Webb, Fireman Train No. 1, body bruises from jumping off Engine 382 – $5.00 (equivalent to $189 in 2024)</li> <li>Mrs. W. E. Breaux, passenger, 1472 Rocheblave Street, New Orleans, slight bruises – Not settled</li> <li>Mrs. Wm. Deto, passenger, No 25 East 33rd Street, Chicago, slight bruises left knee and left hand – Not settled</li> <li>Wm. Miller, Express Messenger, injuries to back and left side, apparently slight – $23.00 ($945 in 2024)</li> <li>W. L. Whiteside, Postal Clerk, jarred – $1.00 ($38 in 2024)</li> <li>R. A. Ford, Postal Clerk, jarred – $1.00 ($38 in 2024)</li> <li>Engine No. 382; $1,396.25 ($52,773 in 2024)</li> <li>Mail car No. 51 – $610.00 ($23,056 in 2024)</li> <li>Baggage car No. 217 – $105.00 ($3,969 in 2024)</li> <li>Caboose No. 98119 – $430.00 ($16,252 in 2024)</li> <li>IC box car 11380 – $4000.00 ($151,184 in 2024)</li> <li>IC box car 24116 – $55.00 ($2,079 in 2024)</li> <li>Total (property damage only) – $2,996.00 ($113,237 in 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>An update indicated an additional $327.50 in property damage ($102.50 in track damage, $100.00 for freight, and $125.00 in wrecking expense) plus a settlement of $1.00 to Mrs. Breaux for her injuries. Mrs. Deto was identified as the spouse of an IC engineer, and in the update her claim for injuries was still unsettled.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no clearly authentic photographs of the famous wreck in existence.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has been some controversy about exactly how Jones died. Massena Jones, (former postmaster of Vaughan and director of the now-closed museum there), said "When they found Jones, according to Uncle Will Madison (a section hand who helped remove Jones's body from the wreckage), he had a splinter of wood driven through his head. Now this is contrary to most of the stories, some of which say he had a bolt through his neck, some say he was crushed, some say he was scalded to death."<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_history_of_engines">Later history of engines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Later history of engines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For at least ten years after the wreck, the imprint of Jones's engine was clearly visible in the embankment on the east side of the tracks about two-tenths of a mile north of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tucker%27s_Creek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tucker's Creek (page does not exist)">Tucker's Creek</a>, which is where the marker was located. The imprint of the headlight, boiler, and the spokes of the wheels could be seen and people would ride up on handcars to view the traces of the famous wreck. Corn that was scattered by the wreck grew for years afterward in the surrounding fields.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wrecked <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a> was brought to the Water Valley shop and rebuilt "just as it had come from the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Locomotive_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Locomotive Works">Rogers Locomotive Works</a> in 1898," according to Bruce Gurner. It was soon back in service on the same run with Engineer Harry A. "Dad" Norton in charge—but bad luck seemed to follow it. During its 37 years of service, "Ole 382" was involved in accidents that took six lives before it was retired in July 1935. During its career, the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_382" title="Illinois Central 382">382</a> was renumbered 212, 2012, and 5012.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1903, criminal train wreckers caused 382 to wreck, nearly demolishing the locomotive. Norton's legs were broken and he was badly scalded. His fireman died three days later. </p><p>In September 1905, Norton and the 382 turned over in the Memphis South Yards. This time, however, the train was moving slowly and Norton was uninjured. </p><p>On January 22, 1912, 382 (now numbered 2012) was involved in a wreck that killed four prominent railroad men and injured several others. It is called the Kinmundy Wreck<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it happened near <a href="/wiki/Kinmundy,_Illinois" title="Kinmundy, Illinois">Kinmundy, Illinois</a>. An engineer by the name of Strude was driving.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones's beloved Engine No. 638 was sold to the Mexican government in 1921 and still ran there in the 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_people_involved">Other people involved</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other people involved"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones's African-American fireman Simeon T. Webb (born May 12, 1874), died in Memphis on July 13, 1957,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at age 83. </p><p>Jones's widow, Janie Brady Jones (born October 29, 1866), died on November 21, 1958, in Jackson at age 92.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of Jones' death at age 37, his son Charles was 12, his daughter Helen was 10 and his youngest son John Lloyd (known as "Casey Junior") was 4. </p><p>Jones's wife received $3,000 in insurance payments (Jones was a member of two unions, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and had a $1,500 policy with each union), and later settled with IC for an additional $2,650 (<a href="/wiki/Earl_Brewer" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Brewer">Earl Brewer</a>, a Water Valley attorney who would later serve as Governor of Mississippi, represented her in the settlement).<sup id="cite_ref-Water_Valley_8-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Water_Valley-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other than these payments, Mrs. Jones received nothing as a result of the wreck or Jones's service with the railroad, as the <a href="/wiki/Railroad_Retirement_Board" title="Railroad Retirement Board">Railroad Retirement Fund</a> was not established until 1937. </p><p>Jones's wife said she never had any thought of remarrying.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wore black nearly every day for the rest of her life.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones's tombstone in Jackson's Mount Calvary Cemetery gives his birth year as 1864, but according to information his mother wrote in the family Bible, he was born in 1863. The tombstone was donated in 1947 by two out-of-town railroad enthusiasts who accidentally got his birth year wrong. Until then, a simple wooden cross had marked his grave.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Casey_Jones_references_in_music">Casey Jones references in music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Casey Jones references in music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Casey Jones's fame is largely attributed to the traditional song, “<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Casey_Jones" title="The Ballad of Casey Jones">The Ballad of Casey Jones</a>”,<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_Home_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_Home-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer", recorded by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Murray_(singer)" title="Billy Murray (singer)">Billy Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_John_Hurt" title="Mississippi John Hurt">Mississippi John Hurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_McClintock" title="Harry McClintock">Harry McClintock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Furry_Lewis" title="Furry Lewis">Furry Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_McCurdy" title="Ed McCurdy">Ed McCurdy</a>, and played live by the <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a>, as well as Jones' friend Wallace Saunders, an <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> <a href="/wiki/Wiper_(occupation)" title="Wiper (occupation)">engine wiper</a> for the IC. </p><p>Songs titled “Casey Jones”, usually about the crash or the engineer, have been recorded by <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart" title="Vernon Dalhart">Vernon Dalhart</a> (Edison Disc recorded June 16, 1925), <a href="/wiki/This_Bike_Is_a_Pipe_Bomb" title="This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb">This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb</a>, Feverfew (now known as <a href="/wiki/Blueboy_(band)" title="Blueboy (band)">Blueboy</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Russell" title="Tom Russell">Tom Russell</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_Christy_Minstrels" title="The New Christy Minstrels">The New Christy Minstrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skillet_Lickers" title="Skillet Lickers">Skillet Lickers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones_(Grateful_Dead_song)" title="Casey Jones (Grateful Dead song)">the Grateful Dead</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/IWW" class="mw-redirect" title="IWW">IWW</a> activist <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hill_(activist)" title="Joe Hill (activist)">Joe Hill</a> wrote and sang a <a href="/wiki/Protest_song" title="Protest song">protest song</a> <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parody</a> of "The Ballad of Casey Jones", entitled ″<a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones%E2%80%94the_Union_Scab" title="Casey Jones—the Union Scab">Casey Jones—the Union Scab</a>″. The song fictitiously portrays Jones as a <a href="/wiki/Strikebreaker" title="Strikebreaker">strikebreaker</a> at <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific</a>. As his engine is badly in disrepair he crashes from a bridge, dies and goes to <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a>. There <a href="/wiki/St._Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Peter">St. Peter</a> wants him to break a strike of celestial musicians. The rebellious musicians form a local union and throw Casey down into <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">Hell</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a> urges him to shovel <a href="/wiki/Sulphur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulphur">sulphur</a> in the furnaces. Hill's version of the song was later performed and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Utah_Phillips" title="Utah Phillips">Utah Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Russian_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian (language)">Russian</a> by <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Utyosov" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonid Utyosov">Leonid Utyosov</a>, and Hungarian by the Szirt Együttes. The historic figure Casey Jones was a dues-paying member of two unions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Songs about or related to Jones or the crash include: </p> <ul><li>"Casey's Last Ride" – <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a></li> <li>"J C Cohen" a parody by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li>“Casey Jones” – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cotten" title="Elizabeth Cotten">Elizabeth Cotten</a></li> <li>"Do The Paranoid Style" – <a href="/wiki/Bad_Religion" title="Bad Religion">Bad Religion</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones_(Grateful_Dead_song)" title="Casey Jones (Grateful Dead song)">Casey Jones</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a></li> <li>"Talking Casey" – <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_John_Hurt" title="Mississippi John Hurt">Mississippi John Hurt</a></li> <li>"To the Dogs or Whoever" – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Ritter" title="Josh Ritter">Josh Ritter</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Historical_Conquests_of_Josh_Ritter" title="The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter">The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter</a></i></li> <li>"April the 14th Part 1" and "Ruination Day Part 2" – <a href="/wiki/Gillian_Welch" title="Gillian Welch">Gillian Welch</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(The_Revelator)" title="Time (The Revelator)">Time (The Revelator)</a></i> — Casey Jones becomes a simile for another great collision, that of the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">RMS Titanic</a>, on April 14, 1912.</li> <li>"St Luke's Summer" – <a href="/wiki/Thea_Gilmore" title="Thea Gilmore">Thea Gilmore</a> from <i>Rules For Jokers</i></li> <li>"KC Jones" – <a href="/wiki/North_Mississippi_Allstars" title="North Mississippi Allstars">North Mississippi Allstars</a></li> <li>"Ridin' With the Driver" – <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones Was His Name" – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a></li> <li>"Freight Train Boogie" – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Stuart" title="Marty Stuart">Marty Stuart</a></li> <li>“Freight Train Boogie” - The Delmore Brothers</li> <li>"Knocking Down Casey Jones" – Wilmer Watts</li> <li>"What's Next to the Moon" – <a href="/wiki/AC/DC" title="AC/DC">AC/DC</a></li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones%E2%80%94the_Union_Scab" title="Casey Jones—the Union Scab">Casey Jones—the Union Scab</a>” – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hill_(activist)" title="Joe Hill (activist)">Joe Hill</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – Gibson Bros. from "<a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Evans#Discography" title="Jeffrey Evans">Big Pine Boogie</a>"</li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/This_Bike_is_a_Pipe_Bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="This Bike is a Pipe Bomb">This Bike is a Pipe Bomb</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/The_Black_(American_band)" title="The Black (American band)">The Black</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Lennear" title="Claudia Lennear">Claudia Lennear</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/Furry_Lewis" title="Furry Lewis">Furry Lewis</a></li> <li>"The Ballad of Casey Jones" – Band of Annuals</li> <li>"Grist for the Malady Mill" – <a href="/wiki/MewithoutYou" title="MewithoutYou">mewithoutYou</a></li> <li>"What Have They Done To The Trains" – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li>"Casey Jones" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Trischka" title="Tony Trischka">Tony Trischka</a></li> <li>"Statecny Strojvudce" – Ladislav Vodicka</li> <li>"Strojvudce Prihoda" – Jiri Voskovec and Jan Werich</li> <li>"Casey Caught the Cannonball" – Jimbo Mathus</li> <li>"Casey's Crazy Train" – DNatureofDTrain</li> <li>In the lyrics of their 1964 recording of <a href="/wiki/Wabash_Cannonball" title="Wabash Cannonball">Wabash Cannonball</a> (found on the album <a href="/wiki/Connie_Francis_and_Hank_Williams_Jr._Sing_Great_Country_Favorites" title="Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites">Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites</a>), Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. make reference to Jones: <i>"We'll drink a toast to Casey Jones, may his name forever stand"</i>.</li> <li>In the lyrics of "From Dusk to Dawn" by the Fever Dolls, the chorus includes the line "Raise a glass to Casey Jones and to days of past and of fates unknown"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Casey_Jones_media_references">Casey Jones media references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Casey Jones media references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A 1927 movie, <i>Casey Jones</i> (1927), starred <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Lewis_(actor)" title="Ralph Lewis (actor)">Ralph Lewis</a> as Casey Jones, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Price_(actress)" title="Kate Price (actress)">Kate Price</a> as his wife, and a young <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards_Sr." title="Jason Robards Sr.">Jason Robards Sr.</a> as Casey Jones, Jr.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Casey_Jones" title="The Return of Casey Jones">The Return of Casey Jones</a></i> was released by Monogram Pictures in 1933. The movie was based upon the novelette written by John Johns, a real New York Central conductor, originally published in the April 1933 issue of <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pulpandoldmagazines.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/railroad-stories/">Railroad Stories Magazine</a></i>. The story was reprinted by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://boldventurepress.com/">Bold Venture Press</a> in 2019 in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://boldventurepress.com/railroad-stories-7-the-return-of-casey-jones/"><i>Railroad Stories</i> #7</a>, collecting other stories by John Johns.</li> <li>In his 1975 painting "Sources of Country Music", <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)" title="Thomas Hart Benton (painter)">Thomas Hart Benton</a> chose Casey Jones' fateful Engine No. 382, the "Cannonball", to represent the influence of railroads on Country Music.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A 1938 dramatic play by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ardrey" title="Robert Ardrey">Robert Ardrey</a> called <a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones_(play)" title="Casey Jones (play)"><i>Casey Jones</i></a> stars a 1930s version of the hero. It was produced on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> with a critically heralded locomotive set-piece by <a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Gorelik" title="Mordecai Gorelik">Mordecai Gorelik</a>.</li> <li>In the 1941 <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Walt Disney</a> movie, <i><a href="/wiki/Dumbo" title="Dumbo">Dumbo</a></i>, a song refers to the engine of the <a href="/wiki/Circus_train" title="Circus train">circus train</a> as 'Casey Junior' early in the film. This inspired the <a href="/wiki/Casey_Jr._Circus_Train" title="Casey Jr. Circus Train">Casey Jr. Circus Train</a> attractions found at both <a href="/wiki/Disneyland" title="Disneyland">Disneyland Park in Anaheim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disneyland_Park_(Paris)" title="Disneyland Park (Paris)">Disneyland Park in Paris</a> and the Casey Jr. Splash 'n' Soak Station at the <a href="/wiki/Magic_Kingdom" title="Magic Kingdom">Magic Kingdom</a>.</li> <li>In 1950, the Disney studio produced an <a href="/wiki/Animated" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated">animated</a> <a href="/wiki/Cartoon" title="Cartoon">cartoon</a> short based on Casey Jones, entitled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_Engineer" title="The Brave Engineer">The Brave Engineer</a>.</i></li> <li>From 1954 until 1973, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Awsumb" title="Roger Awsumb">Roger Awsumb</a> played Casey Jones on <i>Lunch With Casey</i> in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market on <a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">WTCN-TV</a>.</li> <li>The 1956 <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(novel)" title="Diamonds Are Forever (novel)">Diamonds Are Forever</a></i> references Casey Jones during a train chase.</li> <li>Airing in 1958, <i><a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones_(TV_series)" title="Casey Jones (TV series)">Casey Jones</a></i> was a television series loosely based on Jones's legend. It starred <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hale,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Hale, Jr.">Alan Hale, Jr.</a> as Casey Jones; Hale would later become well remembered for his role as "The Skipper" on the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Gilligan's Island">Gilligan's Island</a></i>. The series only ran for one season, with a total of 32 episodes. Its co-star was <a href="/wiki/Dub_Taylor" title="Dub Taylor">Dub Taylor</a>.</li> <li>Beginning in 1950, <a href="/wiki/Good_%26_Plenty" title="Good & Plenty">Good & Plenty</a> candy began an advertising campaign featuring a cartoon character named "Choo-Choo Charlie," a child railroad engineer who appeared in ads featuring a jingle based on "<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Casey_Jones" title="The Ballad of Casey Jones">The Ballad of Casey Jones</a>".</li> <li>In an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Caveman_and_the_Teen_Angels" title="Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels">Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels</a></i> titled "The Legend of Devil's Run", the villain's name is Casey Jones.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>: "The Ballad Of Casey Macphee" casts the <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Monster" title="Cookie Monster">Cookie Monster</a> as an engine driver faced with his train loaded with cookies, chocolate, milk and cows trapped by an avalanche, but while tempted to consume the food bravely chooses to "eat the snow instead".</li> <li>The 1982 film <i><a href="/wiki/An_Officer_and_a_Gentleman" title="An Officer and a Gentleman">An Officer and a Gentleman</a></i> features a coarse cadence call about "Casey Jones", led by Gunnery Sgt. Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.). It carried over into the real military, until it was outlawed under the regulations regarding sexual harassment.</li> <li>Casey Jones is mentioned in Caryl Phillips's stageplay <i>The Shelter</i> (1984).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Jones_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)" title="Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)">Casey Jones</a> is the vigilante comrade of the <i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></i>.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/Episode" title="Episode">episode</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Ghostbusters" title="The Real Ghostbusters">The Real Ghostbusters</a></i> (titled <i>Last Train To Oblivion</i>) (1987) features the ghost of Casey Jones. He abducts <a href="/wiki/Peter_Venkman" title="Peter Venkman">Peter Venkman</a>, and always yells at him for more coal. Peter eventually realizes that Jones wants to repeat the journey that killed him, so that he can avoid the collision this time.</li> <li>Neil Young's song "Southern Pacific" alludes to the Casey Jones legend by imagining a railroad engineer named "Mr. Jones" who meets a less heroic but in some ways a more tragic fate: when he turns 65 years old, he is compelled into retirement by the railroad company as "company policy."</li> <li>Tommy Lee Jones' character in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1993_film)" title="The Fugitive (1993 film)">The Fugitive</a></i> mentions Casey Jones after the initial train crash of the movie.</li> <li>A 1993 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Shining_Time_Station" title="Shining Time Station">Shining Time Station</a></i> called "Billy's Runaway Train", includes a play about Casey Jones.</li> <li>In a 1996 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> episode, "<a href="/wiki/Burns,_Baby_Burns" title="Burns, Baby Burns">Burns, Baby Burns</a>", guest star <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" title="Rodney Dangerfield">Rodney Dangerfield</a> voices a character that chases after a train and calls out to the conductor by referring to him as Casey Jones.</li> <li>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/The_Green_Bag_(1997)" title="The Green Bag (1997)">The Green Bag</a> published a poem by <a href="/wiki/Brainerd_Currie" title="Brainerd Currie">Brainerd Currie</a>, <i>Casey Jones Redivivus</i>, about a man injured in a railroad accident.</li> <li>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Dharma_and_Greg" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma and Greg">Dharma and Greg</a> episode 19, season 5 <a href="/wiki/This_Diamond_Ring" title="This Diamond Ring">This Diamond Ring</a>, Marlene calls a customer of a bookstore Casey Jones, who wants to buy a book about The Collectors Guide To Modern Railroads and Cooking For One. <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Museums_in_Casey_Jones's_honor"><span id="Museums_in_Casey_Jones.27s_honor"></span>Museums in Casey Jones's honor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Museums in Casey Jones's honor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.caseyjones.com">The Historic Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum in Jackson, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://caseyjonesmuseum.weebly.com">Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum in Water Valley, Mississippi</a></li> <li>Casey Jones Railroad Museum State Park in Vaughan, Mississippi (Museum closed in 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casey_Jones&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watervalley.net/users/caseyjones/mrs~cj.htm">the original</a> on November 5, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Water+Valley+Casey+Jones+Railroad+Museum+in+Water+Valley%2C+Mississippi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watervalley.net%2Fusers%2Fcaseyjones%2Fmrs~cj.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACasey+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161220201903/http://countrymusichalloffame.org/ContentPages/thomas-hart-benton1">"Thomas Hart Benton"</a>. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. 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