A friend sent me this link so I'm passing it along to my friends here on trainboard.

A friend sent me this link so I'm passing it along to my friends here on trainboard.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/08/10/georgia.train.ap/index.html

 

I would love to check it out, but it's 8 hours away for me.

 

There's a similar platform near Chicago

 

8 hours is nothing for us westerners. Denver is about 10 hours from KC and even more from any other big place of interest. I suppose that's why I tend to head to NM most of the time. Santa fe is only 6 hours away.

 

I haven't been since it is also ~ 8 hours away... I hope to get there sometime within the next year...


I think it is a great idea as a "tourist" destination or similar attraction... I wish they'd do the same at Hamlet (NC) at the site of the moved and renovated passenger station.

Harold

 

AWESOME little town. Folkston is like Mayberry. Everyone drives by and waves. Viewing platfrom has scanner and celling fans, town just put in a public restroom by the platform. And the train traffic is great about 50-60 trains a day. Here's a few likes to some of my photos from there:

http://trains.nordicus.net/csx.html

http://trains.nordicus.net/misc.html

http://trains.nordicus.net/update03062005.html

Definatly worth a detour off of 95 if your coming to Florida.

 

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