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  • The Commuter Connection: Before there was no commuter rail, there was commuter rail

    Smyrna Public Library 100 Village Green Circle SE, Smyrna, GA, United States

    For years, the Atlanta region has discussed expanding its public rail system, so imagine a commuter rail line running between Atlanta and Marietta. Once, there were two: the Western & Atlantic Railroad and the lesser-known Atlanta Northern Railway. For more than four decades, Atlanta Northern interurban cars connected downtown Atlanta and downtown Marietta, helping commuters […]

  • DeFeo to address the Smyrna Optimist Club

    American Legion Post 160 160 Legion Drive, Smyrna

    Author Todd DeFeo will talk about the Atlanta Northern Railway, the subject of his latest book, to the Smyrna Optimist Club. The talk, titled “Smyrna’s Streetcar: The Atlanta Northern,” will focus on the former interurban line that ran between Atlanta and Marietta from 1905 to 1947, its impact on local communities and its legacy. DeFeo […]

  • Cobb County’s Commuter Railroad: The Atlanta Northern Railway (Georgia Archives)

    Cobb County’s Commuter Railroad: The Atlanta Northern Railway 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. A predecessor of Georgia […]

  • Death on the Rails

    Smyrna Public Library 100 Village Green Circle SE, Smyrna, GA, United States

    While rail travel improved mobility and opened new markets, it could be, at times, incredibly dangerous. Sadly, train wrecks and mishaps changed the lives of passengers, workers and innocent bystanders. Todd DeFeo has written extensively about railroads, authoring books about the Atlanta Northern Railway, the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, the Western & Atlantic Railroad […]

  • Smyrna: A Railroad Town?

    Aline Wolfe Adult Recreation Center 884 Church Street SE, Smyrna, GA, United States

  • History Alive: The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore

    Donaldson-Bannister Farm 4831 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, United States

    The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore Whether it’s the Atlanta Beltline or downtown Dunwoody, it can be hard to believe trains once rumbled through the area. Sometimes, they leave behind subtle reminders. Other times, modern development has obliterated their remnants. But railroads helped build Atlanta as we know it. Trains transported communities for decades before […]

  • Railroad History of Acworth

    North Cobb Senior Center 3900 South Main Street, Acworth, GA, United States

    Learn from a train historian about the people and places of the Western and Atlantic Railroads. This discussion will be focused on Acworth’s history of the railroads. Presented by Todd DeFeo, Founder of The DeFeo Groupe.

  • Death on the Southern Rails

    Georgia Room at Switzer Library 266 Roswell Street NE, Marietta, United States

    While rail travel improved mobility and opened new markets, it could sometimes be incredibly dangerous. Sadly, train wrecks and mishaps changed the lives of passengers, workers, and innocent bystanders. Author Todd DeFeo recounts some of the deadliest wrecks in Southern history, including lesser-known wrecks during the Civil War and the 20th century.