West Point Depot

For rental information or other questions, please contact the City of West Point: (706) 643-8484/
[email protected] .

Rental information can also be found on the city’s website:

Facility Rentals The West Point Depot is the place to see and be seen, offering the ideal public (and private) accommodations for special events and special occasions.

Wishing all our friends and fans a wonderful and very Happy Thanksgiving!

Steam Engine #4501 in Chattanooga, Tennessee..

The crew poses with steam engine #4501 on her last weekend of the steam season. Come ride with us November 15th for her last operations day of 2020. Make reservations at https://bit.ly/31WKPi3.

Old Train, Marco Polo, joins fleet at The Southeastern Railway Museum. If you haven't visited the museum, It's a great museum for train lovers!

Heritage + history + GP60 = a fun Saturday for all. Celebrate with us tomorrow in Duluth, Georgia, as the historic Marco Polo railcar joins the fleet of the Southeastern Railway Museum.
For more details: https://bit.ly/3eXhCbX

About the Marco Polo:
The Pullman Company built the Marco Polo in 1927 as part of a small fleet of cars named for world explorers, reserving them for VIPs who chartered their own railcar. President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled in the car when he was governor of New York and later as president, using it on trips to and from Warm Springs, Georgia.

Inside Length: 74 feet, 1 inch
Inside Width: 8 feet, 11.5 inches
Outside Length: 84 feet, 1.5 inches
Outside Width: 9 feet, 10.75 inches
Height: 9 feet, 10.75 inches
Weight: 199,900 pounds

Unforgettable Christmas Train ride ......

Watch The Georgia Mountains Whirl By On This Unforgettable Christmas Train This incredible Christmas train in Georgia is a holiday excursion not to be missed. Head on over to Pine Mountain Gold Museum!

Marco Polo built by Pullman Company in 1927....

The Pullman Company built the Marco Polo in 1927. Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled in the car when he was governor of New York and later as president, using it on trips to and from Warm Springs, Georgia.

The Central of Georgia, a Norfolk Southern predecessor railroad, bought the car in 1944 and converted it into an office. The Southern Railway assumed ownership of the car in 1963 after it merged with the Central of Georgia.

Over the years, the railroad has displayed the car, which was later renamed the Savannah, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and at Union Station in Washington, D.C. For more than 25 years, Washington commuters walked past the Marco Polo, most not knowing the railcar’s history as a predecessor to Air Force 1.

The car is scheduled to arrive at the Southeastern Railway Museum at 11 a.m. on Nov. 14, and a brief unveiling ceremony will follow.

A new Southern Railway...

A new Southern Railway RS2 sparkles in Virginia Green in this American Locomotive builder's photo from 1949. Warren Calloway collection.