[This is an evergreen article that we periodically update and republish, first published in the Courier in May of 2024]
Trains played a very important part in Cobb County’s history, and the county still has active lines of the two largest freight haulers: CSX and Norfolk Southern (the subject of a proposed merger with Union Pacific).
Before the rise of the airlines and the automobile, rail was also the dominant means of long-distance passenger travel…