June Lunch and Learn Virtual Presentation
Cobb County’s Commuter Railroad: The Atlanta Northern Railway
The Georgia Archives June Lunch and Learn virtual Teams presentation, “Cobb County’s Commuter Railroad: The Atlanta Northern Railway” by author Todd DeFeo, is on Friday, June 10, 2022, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Follow this link to register for the webinar: https://tinyurl.com/39555mxj
Download the free Microsoft Teams app prior to the event and register through the link above. The link to this presentation will also be available on the Georgia Archives webpage: www.georgiaarchives.org. Once registered, Teams will send an email with a link to the presentation.
DeFeo has studied railroads since growing up alongside the Northeast Corridor line in New Jersey. He is editor of Railfanning.org and founder of The DeFeo Groupe. Today, he lives near the historic Western & Atlantic Railroad. He has written several railroad histories, including the first-ever complete histories of the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville and the Indiana, Alabama & Texas railroads.
When people talk about Atlanta, the conversation often shifts to traffic and public transportation. Lost in the conversation about expanding transportation across the Metro Atlanta is the Atlanta Northern Railway, the former interurban line that connected Atlanta and Marietta between 1905 and 1947. DeFeo will highlight the line, the subject of his new book.
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