Fort Valley Depots For much of its history, Fort Valley was a bustling junction of Central of Georgia lines to Macon, Columbus, Albany, and Perry, as well as a Southern Railway line to Atlanta. Fortunately the town has preserved a significant portion of its railroad heritage including two historic depots and an unusual multipurpose tower. Fort Valley's U-shaped former Central of Georgia passenger depot (above) was built in 1900. During the years after its railroad service, it housed a variety of business offices and shops. In early 2012 it was donated to the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for heritage tourism use. The depot in 1991. View of the depot from Lowe Street. The old post card view above shows the passenger depot along with the tower that once housed the Van Roy lunch room on its first floor with a telegraph office above it. The second floor may also have had interlocking equipment for controlling train movements. This old postcard indicates that both buildings once had red tile roofs. A block south is the 1871 Central of Georgia freight depot, an immense brick structure that must have seen many a bale of cotton and bushel of peaches pass through its doors. It was used for a time by the shortline Ogeechee Railroad (below). In 2006, Georgia DOT provided $500,000 in Transportation Enhancement funds to rehabilitate the building. Fort Valley, a town of 9,815 residents, is the county seat of Peach County in middle Georgia.   RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home