Newsletter

To appreciate the Western & Atlantic is to appreciate the local communities where the rail line runs, delving into the people and the places that made — and make — the line unique.

Heading to Athens, Georgia, for football? Don’t bother. Go for its railroad history! Uncover the story of the Covington and Macon Railroad and its impact on the city. Discover a piece of the past hidden in plain sight!

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.