DULUTH, Ga. — A special guest steam locomotive arrived this morning at the Southeastern Railway Museum.
A crew unloaded Jeddo Coal No. 85, named “Mack” at the museum this morning. The train will pull trains at the museum on Sept. 29-30 and Oct. 6-7.
John and Barney Gramling of Ashley, Indiana, own the steamer and take it to museums and events nationwide.
For more information, visit SoutheasternRailwayMuseum.org.
ATLANTA — Crews continue to install tracks for a new streetcar line that is set to start operating next spring. When it opens, the 2.7-mile streetcar line will connect with MARTA, the city’s transit system. Future plans call for the new streetcar to tie into the Atlanta BeltLine, a public-private partnership that is building walking paths along a ring of mostly abandoned railroad right-of-ways that circle the city. Workers are expected to install a block of track every three to four weeks. The new line is funded with nearly $100 million – or roughly $37 million per mile – in federal and local funding. “Actually seeing tracks being laid and
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