John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. …

Apr 2, 2014 · Casey Jones was a railroad engineer known for his speed who died in 1900, when he collided with another train. He was immortalized as an American folk hero with the release of...

Dec 2, 2016 · Casey Jones was a locomotive engineer who became a folk hero after his death in a train crash in 1900 was commemorated in a number of songs. According to legend, Jones …

Aug 17, 2023 · Tuesday was railroad engineer Casey Jones’ would-be 159th birthday. His life was cut short at 37 in a railroad crash. The infamous accident eventually made him a folk hero, …

Dec 24, 2024 · Casey Jones (born March 14, 1864, southeastern Missouri, U.S.—died April 30, 1900, near Vaughan, Miss.) was an American railroad engineer whose death as celebrated in …

Jonathan Luther Jones, popularly known as Casey Jones, was an American railroad worker and locomotive engineer. He became a folk hero when he lost his life trying to save his passengers …

The crash of April 30, 1900, serves as a poignant reminder of the risks and responsibilities borne by railroad workers. Casey Jones’s legacy lives on, a hero of the rails whose life ended too …

Dec 2, 2019 · Read the story of that tragic night in April 1900 when Casey Jones became a man around whom a legend grew. John Luther Jones was born March 14, 1863, first worked on a …

On April 30, 1900, railroad engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones died when his Illinois Central train, the “Cannonball,” collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi.

U.S. locomotive engineer and folk hero Casey Jones is immortalized in the American folk ballad "Casey Jones." The ballad tells of Jones’s heroic efforts to keep his train on the tracks as it …