Conyers: A City With Both Big and Small Locomotives

ATLANTA – A man walking in a train tunnel was killed Monday when he was struck by a westbound MARTA train, published reports indicate. The man was struck by the six-car train at about 10:20 a.m. It is unclear why the man was inside the tunnel, just east of the Decatur station. The train’s operator notified authorities after the train struck the man. “She pulled the emergency stop when she saw him,” MARTA spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a story posted to their web site Monday afternoon. Authorities did not release the man’s identity except to

ATLANTA — Federal and state officials are studying six possible routes for a high-speed rail line connecting Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina. Exactly where the lines would terminate in both cities, however, is subject to debate. In Atlanta, officials are looking for the line to connect with the proposed Georgia Multi Modal Passenger Terminal and/or Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Meanwhile, in Charlotte, officials want the line to connect Charlotte Gateway Station and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. A separate high speed rail line between Washington and Charlotte is currently under development. If all goes according to plan, the Atlanta-to-Charlotte line could conceivably

“I will have you put in the penitentiary, sir,” one railroad official said.