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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.

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MARTA Reopens Airport Station on May 20

May 21, 2024 Todd DeFeo
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority celebrated the re-opening of its Airport Station on Monday following a six-week closure as part of a multi-million-dollar station update.

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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.

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Best of 2023: Railfanning.org’s Favorite Photos From the Year

December 31, 2023 Todd DeFeo
Here is a look at some favorite Railfanning.org photos from 2023.

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A Look Back: A Trip ‘Over the Garden Wall’

October 30, 2023 Todd DeFeo
The Otago Central Railway constructed the line between 1877 and 1921. In doing so, the railroad created an engineering marvel that required viaducts and tunnels.

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A Visit to the Popular Railfanning Destination of Austell, Georgia

September 30, 2023 Todd DeFeo
Austell has earned a reputation, rightly so, as one of the best places to watch trains in metro Atlanta.

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Riding the Rails in Versailles

September 24, 2023 Todd DeFeo
The Bluegrass Railroad Museum offers a peaceful ride through the Kentucky landscape and past horse farms until it reaches what can only be described as a remarkable engineering marvel.

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A Look at Cardiff’s Butetown Branch Line

September 3, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
The Butetown branch line is a roughly one-mile-long rail line in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

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A Closer Look at the Camp Creek Train Wreck of 1900

July 31, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
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.

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

June 30, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
An Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train disaster in south Georgia on August 4, 1944, claimed the lives of 47 people.

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