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Casey Jones was immortalized as an American folk hero in a song written about him. But unlike some folk heroes, Casey Jones was a real person. He gained fame when he crashed his Illinois Central passenger train into the back of a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Miss., on April 30, 1900. His efforts to stop the train ensured that his was the only life lost in the collision. hide information

Casey Jones was immortalized as an American folk hero in a song written about him. But unlike some folk heroes, Casey Jones was a real person. He gained fame when he crashed his Illinois Central passenger train into the back of a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Miss., on April 30, 1900. His efforts to stop the train ensured that his was the only life lost in the collision. This stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service on April 29, 1950 .