Fairburn Fairburn has separate passenger and freight depots. Built in 1916-17 by the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, the two depots stand on opposite sides of a downtown rail bridge constructed at the same time. Automobile ownership was booming at the time, necessitating an auto passage under the busy railroad. Fairburn, a city of 6,000 in south metro Atlanta, was the county seat of Campbell County until 1932, when the Depression forced the merger of the county into Fulton County. The old courthouse still stands nearby. The red-tile roofed passenger depot (above) is now occupied by a local law firm. The freight depot (above and below) now houses a local graphics business.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home