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A Chat GPT pencil sketch portrays the 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.
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When the Circus Train Met Disaster: The 1918 Ivanhoe Collision

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

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.

A Chat GPT sketch with a newspaper clip superimposed.
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The Time Saboteurs Derailed a Western & Atlantic Train

On a November evening in 1891, tragedy struck when a Western & Atlantic passenger train was derailed between Atlanta and Smyrna, and sabotage was likely to blame for the wreck.

A view of the Kennesaw, Georgia, train depot.
History

A Look Back: Engineer Killed in 1923 Kennesaw Derailment

Shortly before Christmas in 1923, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway’s southbound Dixie Limited passenger train derailed after passing the station in Kennesaw, Georgia.

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Why Are There No Trains on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge?

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened 60 years ago today, on Nov. 21, 1964, connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn and forever changing the histories of both boroughs.

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Spotlight on the Sandersville Railroad

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

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A brief look at Atlanta’s third Union Station

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

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A Look at Cardiff’s Butetown Branch Line

The Butetown branch line is a roughly one-mile-long rail line in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

History

A Closer Look at the Camp Creek Train Wreck of 1900

June 23, 1900, was a rainy evening, as Southern Railway locomotive number 7, with a few coaches and a Pullman sleeper car in tow, journeyed from Macon, Georgia, to Atlanta.

History

A Closer Look at the 1944 Stockton, Georgia, Train Wreck

An Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train disaster in south Georgia on August 4, 1944, claimed the lives of 47 people.

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