When Atlanta Took the Train

Atlanta! The very name evokes a sense of grandeur and splendor and an aura of dominance. Indeed, today’s Atlanta has no rival. It easily claims the title of the Southeast’s leading commercial and transportation hub. Present-day Atlanta prides itself in having one of the largest and busiest airports in the world, and 100 years ago, it boasted of having the busiest railroad center in the South. At its peak, its passenger stations dispatched countless numbers of trains to every major city in the country. This book recalls the building of the many stations that faithfully served Atlanta and records, with the exception of one, their final reduction to piles of rubble when they were of no further use, only to be remembered on paper and in the memories of those fortunate enough to have witnessed them.