My sketch of the famous steam locomotive, No. 382. What's so famous about it? Well.... It was the very engine that was driven by the famous locomotive engineer, Casey Jones, the day of his big wreck that cost him his life. Casey Jones was famous during the lates 1800s. It was known that NONE of his trains were ever late. Every single train he drove was ALWAYS on time. In order to accomplish this, Casey Jones had to roar through town at exteremely high speeds and he managed to do so without a single accident. One day while he was out on the engine while is was speeding down the track, Casey Jones looked on ahead and saw kids playing on the tracks and called to his fireman to sound the whistle. The whistle blew and all the kids, but one little girl got off the tracks. The little girl saw the train coming and was frozen in fear. Casey Jones saw the girl and shouted at the fireman to slam on the brakes and then turned and shouted at the girl to get off the tracks, but she didn't move an inch. Then Casey Jones ran up to the engine's cowcatcher and braced himself against it then reached his arms out. Soon he was able to grab the girl and pull her off the tracks before she got hit. The girl was unharmed. But sometime later came that fateful day. t was April 29th, 1900. Casey Jones was given a job to take a passenger train to the south. The engine was No. 382. A storm had hit while the train was on its way to the south and made the train eight hours behind schedule, so Casey Jones slammed on the throttle and the train was off as fast as it could go. It took a long time, but Casey Jones was almost completely back on schedule. The train was going around a bend and Casey Jones couldn't see ahead of the train on his side, but the fireman did and warned Casey Jones about the danger ahead. A freight train had broken down while it was getting out of the way so Casey Jones could pass. Apparently, the engine's brakes locked so the final three freight cars and the caboose were on the switches right in Casey's way! By this time it was April 30th. Casey Jones soon shouted at his fireman, "JUMP SIM, JUMP!!!" So the fireman jumped, but was knock unconcious. Casey Jones stayed on his train and blew the whistle and slammed on the brakes. The crew of the freight train were able to get out of the way. The next thing anyone knew, there was a loud CRASH!!! No. 382 had run head-long into the caboose. The passengers in Casey's train were startled by the jolt. Amazingly, none of the passengers were seriously hurt or killed. Nobody on the freight train was hurt either. It was all thanks to Casey Jones. Casey Jones saved many lives that day, but at the cost of his own life... Casey Jones was the bravest locomotive engineer the world has ever known. He is now an american legend.