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A ‘Bitter’ Row Led to Shooting Along the Western & Atlantic

July 5, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library

Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1889, probably seemed like a normal day for William Roberts.

A Chat GPT pencil sketch portrays the 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

When the Circus Train Met Disaster: The 1918 Ivanhoe Collision

May 27, 2025 Railfanning.org AI-Assisted

On a warm June night in 1918, the sleepy community of Ivanhoe, Indiana, was the backdrop of one of the deadliest railroad disasters in the county’s history: The Hammond circus train wreck.

A graphic of the Rockmart, Georgia, Royal Palm train wreck, including newspaper images.

Dec. 3, 1926: 19 Killed in Rockmart, Georgia, Train Collision

May 6, 2025 Railfanning.org AI-Assisted

A head-on collision between two Southern Railway passenger trains, the Royal Palm and the Ponce de Leon, near Rockmart, Georgia, on Dec. 3, 1926.

Spotlight on the Sandersville Railroad

August 10, 2024 Todd DeFeo

The Sandersville Railroad has been in the news recently for a case before the Georgia Public Service Commission.

A brief look at Atlanta’s third Union Station

April 26, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Atlanta’s third Union Station stood from 1930 until 1971. It was replaced by a parking lot.