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Todd DeFeo/Railfanning.org The Statham, Ga., train depot as it appeared on a rainy Feb. 14, 2005. CSX trains still pass by the depot everyday. The depot is today used as an antique store.
Todd DeFeo/Railfanning.org An eastbound CSX train passes by the Statham, Ga., train depot on a June 9, 2005. Between 30 and 35 trains pass by the depot daily.
Railfanning in Statham, Ga. STATHAM, Ga. – Statham grew up around the railroad, and today the railroad is a visible part of the town with 30 to 35 trains passing through town daily. In 1887, the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad started building a line between Baltimore and Atlanta, with the route passing through town. The line reached the Atlanta Area in 1892, though before the railroad’s completion, it was leased to a company operating as Seaboard Air Line.
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