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The excursionists from New-York on their way to Cleveland to celebrate the formal opening of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway to that city, reached this point at 8 o'clock this morning.

In 1837, the State of Georgia hired Col. Stephen H. Long of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to survey the best route for the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Zero Mile Post (now in Underground ...

Thomas Sparks Lowe first spied out the beautiful Chattanooga country when he was sent here in 1845 to help superintend the completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad into town.

The ceremony that marked the completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad occurred on Dec. 1, 1849 -- the day the first locomotive arrived in Chattanooga from Atlanta.

Georgia’s State Properties Commission announced on Friday the signing of a new, 50-year lease agreement with CSX for the company’s continued use of the state-owned Western and Atlantic railroad.

Georgia owned a piece of Chattanooga a century ago when the Western & Atlantic Railroad was built. April 29, 2013 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated January 1, 1904 at 1:00 a.m.

Moving toward the city, Sherman’s forces tore up the rails of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Since Sherman planned to break from his supply line and live off the land, he no longer needed ...

The state of Georgia actually owns the Western and Atlantic Railroad tracks that run between Chattanooga and Atlanta, passing through Kennesaw, Marietta, Vinings, and Smyrna. When the state ...