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People & Places of the Western & Atlantic: The intro remarks never given

April 2, 2025 Todd DeFeo
I’m excited to highlight the people and places that made the Western & Atlantic Railroad the truly historic road that it is.

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Have Grade Crossings Always Been a Problem?

February 17, 2025 Todd DeFeo
The Federal Railroad Administration recently announced more than $1.1 billion in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings.

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Great Locomotive Chase participant Franklin Alexander Crawford later kept history alive at the Cyclorama

January 28, 2025 Todd DeFeo
Franklin Alexander “Van” Crawford is one of the lesser-known participants in the Great Locomotive Chase, even if his role was minor.

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People & Places of the Western & Atlantic Railroad: ‘Uncle Joe’ Renard

January 24, 2025 Todd DeFeo
Joseph F. “Uncle Joe” Renard was a “pioneer engineer” on the Western & Atlantic, and when he died in 1905 at 68 years old, he was said to be among the best-known railroad men in the state.

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Oddities on the Georgia Rails (Part I)

January 22, 2025 Todd DeFeo
In mid-December, Todd DeFeo, publisher and editor of Railfaning.org, presented “Oddities on the Georgia Rails” to the Georgia Archives.

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Sanford Bell, an unknown stalwart of the Western & Atlantic Railroad

January 21, 2025 Todd DeFeo
I’ve grown particularly fascinated by the people who worked on and shaped the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

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The 1960s political quandary tied to leasing the Western & Atlantic Railroad

January 16, 2025 Todd DeFeo
As the calendar turned to 1967, Georgia lawmakers faced a political quandary: the impending lease of the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad.

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A new lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad

January 14, 2025 Todd DeFeo
In 1963, in advance of a new lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Georgia officials hired a New York engineering firm to help determine the value of the line.

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Waiting on my train to crash

December 12, 2024 Todd DeFeo
Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.

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An explosive relationship

December 10, 2024 Todd DeFeo
In mid-November 1910, John Vinson Reynolds motored an Atlanta Northern Railway trolley around 1:40 p.m. when he rounded a curve near the Ashby Street Crossing in Atlanta.

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