The Museum hosted its third annual Railroad Rendezvous, and railfans young and old gathered to take in model railroads, listen to railroad songs and participate in a hobo jungle. A number also enjoyed the rare opportunity to climb onto The General locomotive.
Outside the museum, CSX parked a CW44AC diesel-electric locomotive — No. 499 — on a spur track, giving attendees the chance to see a piece of modern-day motive power up close.
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Todd DeFeo, founder of The DeFeo Groupe and the publisher and editor of Railfanning.org, will lead a bus tour of the historic Western & Atlantic Railroad on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
ATLANTA – From July to December 2006, MARTA’s passenger counts grew by 7.2 percent and passenger revenue increased by 3.8 percent over the same period last year. Nationwide, public transit ridership grew by 2.9 percent from 2005 to 2006. “MARTA is working hard to improve service and attract more riders to the system and we are pleased to see the positive results of our efforts,” said General Manager Richard McCrillis. “We hope to sustain this trend through the multiple renewal and improvement efforts we have underway – including our rail car rehabilitation project, increased service levels, and heightened focus on
The Southeastern Railway Museum has started an interior renovation of a historic Pullman car that transported the body of President Warren G. Harding after he died in 1923.
