MARIETTA, Ga. — The Gem City of Georgia offers great railfanning vantage points.
Dozens of freight trains pass through town, which grew up along the Western and Atlantic Railroad’s main lines. The tracks run just a block from the city square Sand offer a safe viewing area of this heavily traveled main line.
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Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and The Travel Trolley.
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown everything into chaos. As students have moved from the schoolhouse to the home, the opportunities to visit cultural attractions have also ceased. But today, how can families still learn about history from the comfort of their homes? There are plenty of ways. One of them is taking in Kennesaw, Georgia’s Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. Online!
Even though the Louisville & Nashville Railroad controlled the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, which in turn leased the Western & Atlantic Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the L&N wanted its own line into Atlanta.
