Manchester Depot The 1937 depot at Manchester (building on the right, above) is still in use by CSX. The flat-roofed building to the left is used by the railroad for its centralized traffic control operations. The town is at the junction of rail lines from Atlanta, Birmingham, and Waycross built by the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad in 1905-08. The AB&A became the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast after its purchase by the Atlantic Coast Line in 1926. The AB&C was merged into ACL in 1946. A short distance west of (and across the tracks from) the depot is a train-watching platform. Manchester (pop. 3,871) is in Meriwether County about 30 miles northeast of Columbus.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home