Casey Jones has been heralded as a hero and he has become know as "the world's most famous engineer."
A replica of Engine #382 is located at the Casey Jones Village and Musem in Jackson, Tennessee. If one would read the history of Casey Jones then one might discover that he was in fact in error at the time of the fatal accident.
http://www.rockcitynews.com/railroad/caseywreck.html
http://www.artcom.com/museums/newones/38305.htm