Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.
Monday, April 30, 1900, is perhaps best remembered as the day of Casey Jones’ famous wreck in Mississippi.
Three hundred and seventy-five miles away in the Hall County community of Belmont, it must have seemed like a normal day for the passengers on the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad.
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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.
For this first episode of “People and Places of the Western & Atlantic Railroad,” we’re in the historic Smyrna Memorial Cemetery in Smyrna, Georgia, not far from the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
In October 1967, Georgia officials sued Chattanooga in federal court. Shortly thereafter, U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson ordered federal marshals to take responsibility for protecting The General, relieving Hamilton County Sheriff Frank Newell of the responsibility.
