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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.

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Marietta Confederate Cemetery

December 27, 2010 Todd DeFeo
The Daily Intelligencer newspaper of Sept. 15, 1863, reported what was no doubt startling news.

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Athens trestle a music landmark

December 27, 2010 Todd DeFeo
To most passersby, the old, abandoned railroad trestle off Poplar Street near Dudley Park probably wouldn’t garner much of a reaction.

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Roundhouse museum provides window into Savannah’s railroad past

December 27, 2010 Todd DeFeo
For more than a century, Savannah was an important city for the Central of Georgia Railroad.

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Railfanning in Buckhead

November 27, 2010 Railfanning.org
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Federal Money for Streetcars Formally Presented

October 20, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
ATLANTA – Federal officials formally presented the city of Atlanta with $47.6 million to build a streetcar line.

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Ten States Required to Develop Grade Crossing Action Plans

July 4, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
Ten states with the most highway-rail grade crossing collisions will be required to develop action plans to reduce the number of accidents.

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Congressman, MARTA CEO Talk Transit Funding

May 31, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
DECATUR, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., recently went on a fact-finding transit tour of MARTA with the transit system’s General Manager and CEO.

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Bridge piers offer a link to Civil War

May 15, 2010 Todd DeFeo
In order to complete the Western & Atlantic Railroad, engineers had to overcome a number of natural obstacles. That resulted in a 1,447-foot-long tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain and a bridge over the Etowah River south of Cartersville.

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Marking the anniversary of the Andrews Raid

April 12, 2010 Railfanning.org
North Georgia saw its fair share of battles during the Civil War, but “the most extraordinary and astounding adventure of the war,” as one Civil War-era newspaper put it, typically doesn’t garner more than a few words in most history books.

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