Comments on: Last Stop…Decatur

By: RobP

RobP — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:24:28 +0000

I loved the New Georgia Railroad. One of my first jobs was working with the crews removing the old asbestos brake pad linings from the trains. I was very sad to see them close up shop.

By: cl

cl — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:04:30 +0000

Freight Room! My mom (also a reader of Decatur Metro) used to work there. I remember visiting when I was a kid.

By: Chris Billingsley

Chris Billingsley — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:24:00 +0000

Thanks. Sometime in the 1980s (I think), there was an article in the “DeKalb Extra” section of the AJC that described the last passenger service on a CSX train to Augusta. The description was similar to what you posted. What a great experience for you and the boys.

By: Karass

Karass — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:19:26 +0000

Loved the Freight Room too. Not so much the food, but the atmosphere, especially out on the deck. A regular Southern Bicycle League group ride started and ended there on Saturdays and was named for the location.

By: HistoryJoe

HistoryJoe — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:03:08 +0000

I loved the Freightroom! Especially open-mic comedy night. Oh, my there were some interesting characters that showed up to tell it like it was.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:12:19 +0000

It was not necessarily the last train to stop in Decatur. The pictures are the New Georgia Railroad excursion train that ran between Zero Mile Post in Atlanta and Stone Mountain until 1994 when it stopped running. It sometimes paused in Decatur to board or discharge passengers.

BTW, the double track were not both running tracks – one was a dead-end passing track, so there was no more through traffic at that time than now.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:12:01 +0000

Got to go, not go to go.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:11:35 +0000

Loved the Freightroom. I wonder what percentage of this blog’s readers go to go there.