The West Point Route was actually a nickname used in the early twentieth century for the joint operations of the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road and the Western Railway of Alabama. The name refers to the city of West Point, Georgia, where the two railroads met.
Famous quotes containing the words west, point and/or route:
“When choosing between two evils, I always like to pick the one I never tried before.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“no arranged terror: no forcing of image, plan,
or thought:
no propaganda, no humbling of reality to precept:
terror pervades but is not arranged, all possibilities
of escape open: no route shut,”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)