Waiting on my train to crash
Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.
Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.
Monday, April 30, 1900, is perhaps best remembered as the day of Casey Jones’ famous wreck in Mississippi.
Three hundred and seventy-five miles away in the Hall County community of Belmont, it must have seemed like a normal day for the passengers on the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad.
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