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Who knows what we'll find on the backroads of life one story and one photo at a time.
Williamson Morning - 2012
The Norfolk Southern celebrated their 30th Anniversary in style during 2012 as they brought Nickel Plate 765 and the Southern 630 out onto the NS tracks as goodwill ambassadors. Early morning in Wiliamson, West Virginia and the 765 is bringing its consist to the depot where NS employees and their families will be treated to a ride over the Pocahontas Division. Learn more about this piece of living history.
Cornelia - the other big apple
Cornelia, Georgia located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Parkway, north of Atlanta was once the beginning of the Tallulah Falls Railway which ran North to Franklin, North Carolina. It is located on the Norfolk Southern Railroad still today and has a nicely restored depot (open limited hours) along with a couple of cabooses on display. There are plenty of seats to watch the passing trains. Amtrak passes through in the middle of the night both ways, but the trains don't stop here anymore. Cornelia is also famous for the "Big Red Apple" which is on display next to the depot which pays homage to the areas past as a large producer of apples. See Patrice's photo of the apple here.
Flowery Branch, Georgia
We had the occasion to stop in Flowery Branch, Georgia for some quick photos downtown and also in the nearby graveyard. Flowery Branch, which has transformed into a commuter community for Atlanta is in the middle of "modernizing" their downtown. Where once there were quaint old buildings (and a nice mural), now there are multi-use buildings and torn up streets. The new farmers market is quite nice by the depot and when the construction is over the residents and visitors will have a nice experience I'm sure. Down in the graveyard, not as much as changed over the years. There are still some interesting statues and also lots of historical graves. Many of the gravestones have faded with time to the point they are almost unreadable. My favorite from the graveyard was this angel and companion.
Angel
The last of the shots for now from the Duluth Cemetery in Georgia. I always find the statuary fascinating.
Reading Girl
We recently made a trip back down to Duluth, Georgia and while there visited the old cemetery downtown. This had been a favorite photo location for us over the years. This time, the amount of changes made to downtown Duluth was more evident, including the condos in the background of one of my favorite statues. Duluth really did change during the nine years that I lived there and isn't the "quaint" downtown that I remember so fondly from when I arrived in 2013.
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