Eastern Railroad Discussion > A boy with his train

Recently I found this bench with a boy and his train while visiting the Bremen Georgia area. Now I just needed a train passing behind. Finally a light power move G87 passes behind. 

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Now how COOL is that !!!

Amazing picture! 

Very nice, even one of my favorite widenoses - the Crescent cabbed SD60E

I saw this image yesterday and immediately thought: "IOTD"! But I didn't want to put a jinx on it by predicting an IOTD outcome for today. None-the-less, I am very pleased to start the day with my usual cuppa joe, and this exemplary image to enjoy all day long! I give it an A+ in all categories, especially composition. Well done, sir... :^)

Lance/199

Agreed, definite IOTD.  What a great scene to capature!
SR2

Excellent.  This is in a park or greenspace of some kind? Name?  
It's a notebook item for future travels. 
thank you. 

Alway curious and seeking a geographical perspective, I went looking for the "Boy on Bench" in Bremen, GA,.which is 50 miles west of Atlanta  I found him in Depot Park "watching all the trains go by."  The east-west line is the former Southern, now Norfolk Southern to and from Atlanta and the lesser-used north-south line is the former Central of Georgia, also now NS.  The light engine movement is on the north-south line.  The Walgreen's in the background helped with the location and perspective.

According to a web site for Depot Parlk, more than 40 trains a day pass by and a scanner tells of the movements.

Bremen Depot Park | Official Georgia Tourism & Travel Website | Explore Georgia.org

1. Railroad map of the region.
2. Google Earth view.
3. Google Street view



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/23 09:21 by cinder.

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Love that picture, so many things to like about it.  And that statue of the little boy would have been me, for sure!  Congrats on the IOTD.

Nathan

cinder: very good illustrated post.  Busy rails there. 

I realized, looking at the original photo, a search for walgreen's in Bremen would have gotten me within 400 feet of the statue. 😉


cinder Wrote:
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> Alway curious and seeking a geographical
> perspective, I went looking for the "Boy on Bench"
> in Bremen, GA,
 

Thanks everybody for your comments!

cinder Wrote:
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> Alway curious and seeking a geographical
> perspective, I went looking for the "Boy on Bench"
> in Bremen, GA,.which is 50 miles west of Atlanta 
> I found him in Depot Park "watching all the trains
> go by."  The east-west line is the former
> Southern, now Norfolk Southern to and from Atlanta
> and the lesser-used north-south line is the former
> Central of Georgia, also now NS.  The light
> engine movement is on the north-south line.  The
> Walgreen's in the background helped with the
> location and perspective.
>
> According to a web site for Depot Parlk, more than
> 40 trains a day pass by and a scanner tells of the
> movements.
>
> Bremen Depot Park | Official Georgia Tourism &
> Travel Website | Explore Georgia.org
>
> 1. Railroad map of the region.
> 2. Google Earth view.
> 3. Google Street view


Outstanding photo. 40 trains a day seems very optimistic to me though.

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Great photo btw

I made a list and of course if I made a error please let me know. Offended I wont be. I'm human.

19, 20 , 10A, 11A, 153, 154, 156, 187,244, 245, 246, 26A, 28J, 29K, 29S,and 346
I did not include the locals on the SR main or on the C of GA


Csxt4568



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/23 15:47 by csxt4568.

Super insightful photo!  Thanks for posting.
ALLEN
 

Great pic!!