Photo Gallery: Mixed Freight Through Kennesaw, Ga.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) could soon approve a passenger rail line from its East Point station to Jonesboro and Lovejoy south of Atlanta, according to a newspaper report.

The north Georgia city of Kingston on Thursday honored a former city resident for his role in the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.

[Video has been removed] Video by Todd DeFeo, (c) 2006 Gainesville Midland No. 208, a decapod, as it appeared on March 20, 2006.