‘I think there’s great lessons in the past that have made us who we are today, makes the towns where we live the way they are today.’
Remarks
‘I don’t know what’s worse, that somebody would put together a presentation on death on the rails, or the people would actually turn out for that presentation!’
‘If you pay taxes in the state of Georgia. You’re a resident of the state of Georgia. You own a railroad, or at least, you and 10 million of your closest friends own a railroad.’
I appreciate the opportunity to talk a little bit about my passion and my hobby.
This is a presentation that as you might have guessed will have two tracks.
Not long ago, I was writing a story actually about transportation in the Atlanta area. Anybody who’s lived here for any period of time knows that transportation is one of those topics that just never goes away.
Everyone knows Casey Jones; he may be the most famous engineer in railroad history.
‘This town is here for one reason: these train tracks right here.’
This is, I think, really the perfect example of illustrating a city that grew up along the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
I’m going to presume since everybody’s here, we’re all in agreement: This is the best railroad. Right?