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Ringgold: End of the Line for the Andrews raiders

January 30, 2012 Todd DeFeo

On the afternoon of April 12, 1862, a group of union spies desperately drove a stolen locomotive northward. But, their tired engine, The General, was about to give out. About two miles north of Ringgold, the Great Locomotive Chase came to an end.

Rebuilding the ‘Clarksville’ after the War

December 7, 2011 Railfanning.org

Following the Civil War, the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad was in near ruins.

Following Civil War, Clarksville Road Declined L&N Help

December 6, 2011 Railfanning.org

After the end of the Civil War, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad offered to operate the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, which was unable to repair the road.

Pics Along Atlanta Road in Smyrna, Ga.

August 19, 2011 Railfanning.org

Taken Aug. 14, 2011, in Smyrna, Ga.

James J. Andrews found tranquility with looming death

April 5, 2011 Todd DeFeo

Sitting in a Chattanooga, Tenn., jail and faced with only hours left to live, James J. Andrews had a sense of tranquility.

Locomotives tell of railroads’ influence on Georgia towns (Part I)

February 5, 2011 Todd DeFeo

So many towns across Georgia owe their existence to the railroad. While trains still operate in a number of those cities, railroads are a distant memory in others. But a handful of cities in Georgia have a memorial dedicated to the role railroads played.

From the Archives: Springfield, Tenn.

January 3, 2011 Todd DeFeo

[Photo have been removed] Taken in Springfield, Tenn., circa 2002

Arrow III Pulling Into Metuchen, N.J.

January 3, 2011 Todd DeFeo

These images were taken in August 2003 in Metuchen, N.J.

Clarksville, Tenn., Railroads: An Introduction

January 2, 2011 Todd DeFeo

Standing on 10th Street in downtown Clarksville, it’s hard to imagine that this was once a bustling transportation hub around the turn of the 20th century. Passenger trains no longer pass through the city and freights trains are seldom seen. But, the tracks are there and they are still in use. The old depot, known by locals as the L&N Station, still stands, but it no longer serves weary travelers stepping off a train from Louisville, or passenger ready to being a trip.

Marietta Confederate Cemetery

December 27, 2010 Todd DeFeo

The Daily Intelligencer newspaper of Sept. 15, 1863, reported what was no doubt startling news.