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[ October 16, 2025 ] Midwest Connect Rail Project Secures $650,000 in Local Funds, Moves to FRA Step Two Commuter Rail
[ October 16, 2025 ] CSX’s Blue Ridge Subdivision Reopens Year After Hurricane Helene CSX
[ October 15, 2025 ] Union Pacific Proudly Gives More than $4 Million to 430 Local Nonprofit Organizations Union Pacific
[ October 15, 2025 ] NJ Transit Sees Up to $1.9 Billion in Non-Farebox Revenue by Leveraging Real Estate Portfolio Commuter Rail
[ October 11, 2025 ] NJ Transit Prepares for Nor’easter, Agency Asks Customers to Limit Travel Commuter Rail

When You Take a Bad Picture No One Wants, Start Your Own Website

October 7, 2022 Todd DeFeo

Railfanning.org formally launched 20 years ago today. The story of how it started is quite funny.

DeFeo to Publish Book on Atlanta Northern Railway

October 20, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

The book will mark the first complete standalone history of the interurban line that connected Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia, from 1905 to 1947.

A Return to Folkston: South Georgia Railfanning in the COVID Era

October 16, 2020 Todd DeFeo

When it comes to watching trains, Folkston is a classic. The South Georgia city has long been a favorite for railfans, and it remains so in the COVID-19 era.

Railfanning.org Launches an Expanded History Section

August 24, 2020 Railfanning.org

Railfanning.org has recently revamped its history section to include additional information about several historic railroads.

Was Sabotage to Blame for 1869 Budds Creek Disaster?

July 28, 2020 Todd DeFeo

The record as to the precise cause of the 1869 wreck at Budds Creek is somewhat hazy.

The Collision on the State Road: A Byproduct of War

March 6, 2020 Todd DeFeo

It was about 3:30 p.m. on July 6, 1862, ostensibly a typical Sunday during the early years of the Civil War, when two trains collided near Ringgold, Georgia, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

Remembering the Budds Creek Disaster of 1869

July 28, 2019 Todd DeFeo

The 1869 disaster at Budds Creek in Tenessee left five people dead and more than two dozen injured. The tragedy garnered a considerable number of headlines in newspapers nationwide, but what happened is a mystery.

The Fateful First Trip Over the Western & Atlantic

December 24, 2018 Todd DeFeo

On Christmas Eve of 1842, a locomotive and a single car pulled out of Atlanta, marking a new era in the city’s history. The railroad was operational.