John Luther ("Casey") Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900)

Jones was a railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for
the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed
when his passenger train, the Cannonball Express, collided with a stalled
freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi, on a foggy and rainy night.

His dramatic death, trying to stop his train and save lives, made him a
hero; he was immortalized in a popular ballad.

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Historical marker on the South lawn, Indiana State House at Indianapolis.

Lincoln’s body (above) departed Washington in a nine-car funeral train. The 1,700-
mile trip back to Illinois was essentially over the same tracks that carried the then 
President- elect east in 1861. Cities along the route that hold funeral processions 
included Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago. 

The locomotive Nashville of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad pulled the Lincoln funeral train.

Near the completion of a $5 million conversion, the ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth caught fire on Sunday, January 9 1972. There is some speculation the fires were set deliberately, as several blazes broke out simultaneously throughout the ship. The
vessel had been acquired for $3.5 million, and had been insured for $8 million.

The ship was completely destroyed, and the water being sprayed by the fireboats to
put out the flames caused the Queen Elizabeth to capsize and sink in Hong Kong
Victory Harbor. It was soon declared a shipping hazard and was dismantled for
scrap between 1974 and 1975. Portions of the hull were left at the bottom of
the bay along with the keel and boilers.