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Railroad Engineer Casey Jones Locomotive 1950 First Issue USA

United States Commemorative Postage Stamp Honoring Railroad Engineers of America,
Stamp depicts "Casey" Jones and Locomotives of 1900 and 1950,

Issued April 29, 1950 in Jackson, Tennessee,

First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, Artmaster Engraving Cachet with Steam Locomotive Engine 382, Ideal for Framing,..............................................................................................John Luther Jones acquired the nickname "Casey" from being a resident of Cayce, Kentucky at one time. A railroader since boyhood, he was an engineer on the Illinois Central for the last ten years of his life. The "big eight - wheeler" in which he won his fame was a part of the Cannonball Express between Chicago and New Orleans and Jone's run was between Canton, Mississippi, and Memphis. He was killed when his train crashed into the rear of a freight train near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900.

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