About 20 Medal of Honor recipients boarded a special passenger train in downtown Kennesaw on Sept. 30 and headed north along a historic rail line that was the scene of one of the Civil War’s most daring exploits.
The historic state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad, which CSX Transportation leases today, was the scene of the Great Locomotive Chase. Participants in the April 12, 1862, Civil War raid were the first recipients of the Medal of Honor.
The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society partnered with CSX Transportation to provide the ride, touted as the “first-ever immersive reenactment of the Great Locomotive Chase” from Kennesaw to Ringgold, Georgia. It marked the start of the 2025 Medal of Honor Celebration in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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