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A graphic of the Rockmart, Georgia, Royal Palm train wreck, including newspaper images.

Dec. 3, 1926: 19 Killed in Rockmart, Georgia, Train Collision

May 6, 2025 The Turntable

A head-on collision between two Southern Railway passenger trains, the Royal Palm and the Ponce de Leon, near Rockmart, Georgia, on Dec. 3, 1926.

A Chat GPT sketch with a newspaper clip superimposed.

The Time Saboteurs Derailed a Western & Atlantic Train

April 16, 2025 The Turntable

On a November evening in 1891, tragedy struck when a Western & Atlantic passenger train was derailed between Atlanta and Smyrna, and sabotage was likely to blame for the wreck.

A view of the Kennesaw, Georgia, train depot.

A Look Back: Engineer Killed in 1923 Kennesaw Derailment

April 7, 2025 The Turntable

Shortly before Christmas in 1923, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway’s southbound Dixie Limited passenger train derailed after passing the station in Kennesaw, Georgia.