Alabama is in the Central, the line is on the state line, so we're nearly there from here. Cincy is almost due north of Atlanta and also in the east.
The first railroad to Atlanta (called Terminus at the point) came down from Chattanooga. Decatur was a fairly thriving town nearby, but the RR ended about 6 miles to the west in the middle of nowhere. Peachtree Street follows an old Cherokee path near a place called Standing Peachtree roughly on a ridge line going S/N. It's about three blocks west of us, uphill a bit.
The country obviously slides pretty far west along the Atlantic coastline relative to NE.
