Fort Valley Fort Valley's former Central of Georgia passenger depot was built in 1900. Since its passenger service days it has housed a variety of business offices and shops. Next door to the old passenger depot is a two-story interlocking tower, one of a very few left in Georgia. Above is an old post card view of Fort Valley's passenger depot and interlocking tower. The latter once housed the Van Roy lunch room on its first floor. This floor was later altered by the installation of a low, wide display window on the south side. Its three chimneys were also shortened some time in the past. The above view shows the same two buildings as they look today from trackside. This old postcard (above) view 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 city of 8,000 in middle Georgia, is the county seat of Peach County. It served as a major junction for the Central of Georgia, with tracks radiating from here to Americus, Columbus, Perry, and Macon.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home