SMYRNA, Ga. — Its location along the historic Western & Atlantic Railroad line makes Smyrna a great place for watching trains.
Like many other cities between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn., the city owes much of its development to the railroad. Today, Smyrna is a popular suburb of Atlanta because of its close proximity to Buckhead Midtown and Downtown.
The photos in this gallery were taken on Oct. 17, 2010.
ATLANTA — MARTA has completed an extensive rail car rehabilitation program overhauling 218 of its oldest cars to extend each car’s life line by 15 years. The cost-effective program has already resulted in an increase in MARTA’s rail service reliability by 22 percent and has also improved on-time performance substantially. MARTA General Manager/CEO Beverly A. Scott unveiled the final two rehabilitated rail cars on Feb. 18 during a special celebration at the authority’s Armour Rail Yard. For a cost of $246 million, MARTA contracted with New York based-Alstom Transportation, Inc. USA to take each vehicle down to its shell and rebuild it from the ground up using new components and
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