Weird stuff happened on railroads

We tend to think of rail travel and train stations as glamorous. That wasn’t always the case.

This is a draft of my planned introductory remarks at the Georgia Archives on Friday, December 13.

We are between two major holiday travel periods, and when we think of travel today, we often think of chaos.

Whether it’s weather delays, security checkpoints or the passengers themselves, something dramatic always makes the travel experience an adventure — if that’s the right word.

But usually, alligators don’t play into the equation.