Hulsey Rail Yard Atlanta

Sean keenan curbed atlanta just days after the atlanta city council proposed legislation that would urge csx transportation to be mindful of community wishes when mulling the possible sale of.

Hulsey rail yard atlanta. Csx teased the idea years ago but as of late the 70 acre hulsey yard has been nothing but bustling with nothing but railroad transport activity mere feet from the atlanta beltline s. At hulsey yard the covered route could split into two narrower trenches to allow for tree canopy above. The south wall of the rail yard along wylie street in reynoldstown is one of the most prominent locations for street art in atlanta. Hulsey yard is a rail yard of the csx railroad stretching approximately 0 9 miles 1 4 km along the border of the old fourth ward inman park cabbagetown and reynoldstown neighborhoods of atlanta.

For about four decades the hulsey train yard just east of downtown atlanta bustled with activity nearly 24 hours a day. Neighborhoods that touch hulsey yard old fourth ward cabbagetown inman park. But last week the yard suddenly grew silent. This is csx s hulsey yard near downtown atlanta georgia.

The 70 acre hulsey yard which stretches through those neighborhoods and is bordered by the beltline s eastside trail currently belongs to railroad giant csx transportation which hasn t indicated. Located along dekalb avenue hulsey yard was shuttered last spring when csx moved operations to its fairburn depot. Railroad giant csx is shifting its freight operations out of a sprawling depot known as hulsey yard a swath of prime land long seen as critical to the future of the atlanta beltline. To accomodate the lowered rail level the freeway and the decatur street overpass could be raised where the dip in the freeway currently occurs see freeway exit rendering.