I arrived at the tracks near the rail yard to find a local train leaving with a string of pulpwood cars filled with pine logs destined for paper mills. It was too far away to get any shots or videos and it disappeared around the corner way down the tracks. I cursed under my breath. I then made my way down to that old, abandoned cotton mill that so fascinates me. Below is today’s hike in a photo series as it unfolded.
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Hi Andrew!
Thank you so much for the pictures of the train station and the train. the chatahoochee valley train reminded me of that song by Driving'n'Crying - "Honeysuckle Blue" where they mention the blue ridge mountains boy and the Chat... I wanted to place the video clip of it on my blog to show it to you... but can't remember my login and password... ha well! the link is here anyway :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7POn9fJRhI8
I love this southern rock band, even though the Allman Bros band and Lynyrd Skynyrd remain my all-time favourite.
Thanks again for thinking about Hisham to take a video of a train!!!!!!!!!!
All my love,
Your french friend!
I am enjoying the pictures very much! I'm so glad you got your camera! Thanks for sharing your hikes with us!
Andrew,
I'm back from my retreat and was excited to see your pictures. What a terrific addition to your word pictures. Thank you.
Well, I must say that seeing where Ferret lived made my heart a little heavy. How is he doing these days?
I enjoyed seeing these pics. They are made even more nice with the stories we've all read about those places.
Thanks AGAIN for sharing!!!
Liz
I enjoyed the pictures Andrew.
Keep 'em coming.
You are lucky to have your old southern town remain somewhat the same. My mother's hometown in NC was a bit like yours and it's sad to see it run into the ground like it is today. Thank you so much for the pictures. They and you made me smile tonight.
Hey you! I tagged you. Visit me and respond when you can. Perhaps you can add some photos.
It's so nice to have the visual to go along with the verbal stories Jonathan.
Thank you for those.
what a waste of real estate. Up in the north east this would be converted into something trendy. Hey, there's an idea for ya!!
Who keeps the place so clean? Ferret must have shaken every time a train roared by.
I liked the slanting building from the ground upwards. I liked the sense of space and direction in the storefront one,and then the one with the depot which is now a museum. Five storied high also works really well. The one where steam engines rolled was a little desolate for me- made me sad in a way the nature reclaiming ones did not.
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