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Month: August 2017

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A Modern Freight Rumbles Through Historic Railroad Town

August 25, 2017 Todd DeFeo

Kingston is a great historic railroad town.

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Ohio Railway Museum: A Railroad Museum Located on a Former Interurban Right-of-Way

August 18, 2017 Todd DeFeo

The Ohio Railway Museum was founded in 1948, which, backers say, makes it among the oldest railroad museums in the country.

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Conyers: A City With Both Big and Small Locomotives

August 11, 2017 Todd DeFeo

This small city of about 15,000 sits about 25 miles east of Atlanta and grew up along the Georgia Railroad.

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Catching the Train in a West Georgia Railfanning Hotspot

August 4, 2017 Todd DeFeo

The small west Georgia city of Manchester is a great place for watching trains.

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