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12/08/2021 7:06 pm
“The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad from Savannah was built a few miles north of the Okefenokee by the start of the Civil War (1861-65). Another railroad, from Brunswick to Albany, passed north of the swamp in 1870. With the railroads came sawmills and turpentine stills, store-bought goods, circuses, and new people. A line connected Waycross and Jacksonville, Florida, in 1881, passing within less than a mile of the eastern edge of the swamp. A railroad from Valdosta to Jacksonville was completed in 1898, closing the ring of railroad tracks around the swamp.”
A not-for-public spur, took the few crews that would still go there, within 2 miles of the Lacksahopchee Correctional Facility…..commissary guards,family and friends of “beloved “ inmates, and the usual handful of misanthropes could always be counted on to meet the incoming supply trains.
The ground supporting the tracks had been a sucking and festering primordial ooze for as long as anyone could remember. One day, this whole “depot” would sink unceremoniously into the mire, and would never be heard from again.
At least the acrid smell out there keeps the mosquitoes at bay…..not so much for the gators.
12/08/2021 9:19 pm
You've excelled yourself John. Love old railroad history, here in Australia we have so many closed old lines, including many that would be useful today.
And I'd reckon you've created the first ever 1/24 scale gunk!
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12/08/2021 9:59 pm
You've excelled yourself John. Love old railroad history, here in Australia we have so many closed old lines, including many that would be useful today.
And I'd reckon you've created the first ever 1/24 scale gunk!
Thanks Geoff.....the post is now complete with the after dark shots.....no matter what,we`ll always have Primordial Ooze Eh?? 
I`ve never been to Australia but I did enjoy listening to Bill Bryson`s : "In a Sunburned Country" so many times that I feel a kinship......as for old RR trax (and abandoned mineshafts) there was Colorado in the early 70`s ......a trip which marked my first stay in a county jail.....they let all three of us Hippies go after a few days to clear out cell space for the upcoming annual "stampede" celebration 🤠 🤠 🤠
13/08/2021 12:13 am
sounds like a colourful experience John! Sydney once had one of the biggest tram networks in the world, they removed and closed all the lines in the early 60s. And yep you guessed it, they are now putting em back again!
13/08/2021 12:19 am
love John how you play with light to give your pictures a kinda mysterious feel.
13/08/2021 7:26 am
JB, one of your most intricate setups yet. Love the Power Wagon.
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13/08/2021 9:25 am
love John how you play with light to give your pictures a kinda mysterious feel.
Thank you Galen.....that is precisely what I try to achieve
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13/08/2021 9:42 am
JB, one of your most intricate setups yet. Love the Power Wagon.
Thank you Bob....the Power Wagon really made it`s bones on this one....there were 2 instances of thunderstorms interspersed with light to heavy rain throughout this shoot......after each TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR,the "muck" required repositioning and the resultant splash up did a spanking good "patina" job on the Dodge.......for whatever reason,the two fellas in and around the power wagon bring to my mind,the Sheriff and his partner Sol Star as they pushed forward to build their store on the streets of Deadwood
