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The Atlanta and West Point Rail Road (reporting mark AWP) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, forming the east portion of the Atlanta-Selma West Point Route.The company was chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road and renamed in 1857; construction of the 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [2] line was begun in 1849–50 and completed in May 1854.
Since the turn of the 21st century, Atlanta has emerged as a sophisticated restaurant town. [4] Many restaurants opened in the city's gentrifying neighborhoods have received praise at the national level, including Bocado, Bacchanalia, Flip Burger Boutique , and Miller Union in West Midtown , Empire State South in Midtown ; and Two Urban Licks ...
Major station stops, southwest from Atlanta's Terminal Station were in Georgia: Newman, LaGrange, West Point, in Alabama: Opelika, Auburn, Chehaw and Montgomery. Coach-only trains made additional station stops. [4] Passenger trains continued west beyond Montgomery to Mobile and New Orleans on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. [5]
Bounded by I-75 on the east, Mt. Zion Rd. on the north, I-85 on the west, Airport Loop Rd. on the south, and Sylvan and Springdale Rds. west of I-85 33°39′36″N 84°24′37″W / 33.6601°N 84.4102°W / 33.6601; -84.4102 ( Hapeville Historic
Traditionally, this was the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, heading southwest in the direction of Montgomery, Alabama. Trains such as the Southern Railway's Crescent and Piedmont Limited made stops at West Point and some of the intermediate towns en route. [18]
The railroad of the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company, herein called the carrier, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in northwestern Georgia. The main line extends southwesterly from Atlanta to West Point, near the Georgia-Alabama State line, a distance of 85.596 miles, and from Oakland Junction to Lakewood, a distance of 5.177 miles.
East Point is a suburban city located southwest of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 38,358. The city name is derived from being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta and West Point Railroad from West Point .
CSX Transportation's Atlanta Terminal Subdivision comprises the company's railroad lines and infrastructure operating in and around Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Terminal Subdivision consists of five lines (known as charts on employee timetables) and a number of yards. [1] Most of the lines in the Atlanta Terminal Subdivision date back to the ...