In relation to the Iron-Men Album, I believe quite a few readers
are presently, or are retired, railroad men. I am one of them. I
believe I have a locomotive picture that would be of interest to
all readers, whether railroaders or not. On April 29, 1900 John
Luther Jones, better known as ‘Casey Jones’ took engine 382
of the Illinois Central out on a passenger train. He hit a freight
killed in the accident. His fireman, Simon Webb, the only other man
injured, died just a year or two ago of cancer. The 382 was built
by the Rogers works in 1898 and was rebuilt after the wreck.
Sometime later it was renumbered to 2012 and again was renumbered
to 5012 and modernized. It was scrapped in 1935. The picture shows
it as the 2012. [I am a former P.R.R. car inspector].