My friend James and I went Railfanning over the weekend. We drove up to Thistle, because I had never seen the mudslide and I wanted to see the tunnels as I am going to have tunnels on my train, when we got there, we took some pictures of the area and as luck would have it, a train showed up! That was only one of about 50 pictures I took in the course of a few minutes!
Scott,
ReplyDeleteNext time we are down there, remind me to tell you my train story about Thistle (the day of the slide)! I went to the photo page. I am very impressed with the construction on your train set.
Did you watch CBS Sunday Morning on 5/7?
"ONE TRACK MIND
Folkston, Georgia, has always been known as the gateway to the Okefenokee Swamp. But these days, more and more people are visiting Folkston to watch trains go by. Folkston is a train watching paradise with as many as 70 trains passing through on their way to or from Florida each day. Some rail watchers live right in Folkston, some visit from other countries and so many people watch trains there that the town built a special platform and installed floodlights for night viewing, making it possible to rail watch in all kinds of weather, day or night. This Sunday Morning, Bill Geist joins the aficionados in this train watching Mecca and watches train after train after train go by."
Looks like a great vacation. - Roger
I forgot, here is some more info.
ReplyDeleteFor more information:
www.folkston.com
Contact the Chamber of Commerce for more information on Folkston, Georgia, the train watching platform and the Okefenokee.