Ghost depot

When we moved up to Greer, one of the things that fascinated me is that the tracks that run near our apartment used to be the Piedmont & Northern Interurban line. 

Interurbans or "streetcars" were larger version of the trolleys used in many seasons and were designed for longer runs.  It was rare in the South for a long-distance line to exist.

The Piedmont & Northern's market was the many mill towns in the Upstate and providing frequent service from town to town, compared to the Southern Railroad which ran steam trains along the same route.

The fares were also lower which attracted the townspeople and millworkers who needed to travel short distances.

The Greer Depot downtown was a major point along the line between Spartanburg and Greenville and has been lovingly restored to become businesses and an event center as is still the Hub of the Greer Station area of downtown.

I've seen plenty of postcards from the P&N but I thought it would be fun to use AI in this "spooky season" to come up with what could have been.

I look at the image and imagine that each of the people have their own stories about where they are headed and that somehow this was just a moment in time.

If you want to learn more about the historic line, I highly recommend the book by Fetter's available used on Amazon and the Wikipedia entry is also quite informative.