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About Todd DeFeo
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.
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Railroad Tragedy: Dangers of 19th Century Railroading

November 4, 2025 Todd DeFeo
The history of railroading is a tale of love and tragedy.

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NS Through Secaucus Junction

October 24, 2025 Todd DeFeo
A Norfolk Southern freight passes through Secaucus Junction in New Jersey on October 17, 2025.

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VIDEO: CSX runs special train honoring Medal of Honor recipients

October 4, 2025 Todd DeFeo
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.

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Special Train Retraces the Route of the Great Locomotive Chase

October 1, 2025 Todd DeFeo
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.

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What’s it like to ride through the modern Western & Atlantic tunnel?

October 1, 2025 Todd DeFeo
I filmed a quick video reflecting on passing through the 1928 tunnel on the Western & Atlantic Railroad during the “first-ever immersive reenactment of the Great Locomotive Chase” from Kennesaw, Georgia, to Ringgold, Georgia.

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Running through the ‘new’ tunnel in Tunnel Hill, Georgia

September 30, 2025 Todd DeFeo
Read more This article was published by Tales from the Rails and is republished here with permission. Click here to view the original.
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Railroad Promises: Truths and False Hopes of the Past

August 3, 2025 Todd DeFeo
The study of railroads is as much a study of the false promises newspapers peddled.

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Atlanta’s Lost Rails: Untold Local Railroad History Revealed

July 18, 2025 Todd DeFeo
I’m speaking at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, at Donaldson-Bannister Farm in Dunwoody, Georgia.

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Get Ready: Eating and Drinking the Western & Atlantic is Coming!

June 18, 2025 Todd DeFeo
To appreciate the Western & Atlantic is to appreciate the local communities where the rail line runs, delving into the people and the places that made — and make — the line unique.

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Athens’ Lost Railroad: A Hidden History Under the Stadium

June 4, 2025 Todd DeFeo
Heading to Athens, Georgia, for football? Don’t bother. Go for its railroad history! Uncover the story of the Covington and Macon Railroad and its impact on the city. Discover a piece of the past hidden in plain sight!

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