UNITED STATES POST OFFICE on 29 April 1950 issued a 3-cent stamp in Jackson, Tennessee to honour the railroad engineers of America, featuring a portrait of Casey Jones.
The stamp depicted John Luther "Casey" Jones in the center, flanked by a steam locomotive on the left and a modern diesel train on the right.
It commemorated Jones, a famous locomotive engineer who died a hero in a train wreck in 1900.
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