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Two trains they called Nancy Hanks
Historical Society hears about Savannah-Atlanta railroad service route
Nancy Hanks photo
This image of a Central of Georgia passenger train represents the Nancy Hanks II, the service that linked Savannah, Macon and Atlanta from 1947 to 1971. Earlier namesakes include an 1892-93 steam train, a racehorse and President Lincoln's mother. - photo by Courtesy of Bulloch County Historical Society
People who remember riding a train called the Nancy Hanks from Savannah to Atlanta actually rode the Nancy Hanks II, and the trains weren't named directly for Abraham Lincoln's mother, but for a fast racehorse. Those were two potentially surprising facts that Bulloch County Historical Society members Rodney Harville and Sims Lanier shared with members and guests Monday. Harville and Lanier's presentation about the last regular passenger train service between Savannah and Atlanta, which ceased in 1971, and its earlier namesake, drew one of the largest crowds for a Historical Society regular meeting recently, about 100 people.
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