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This day like the last one started with an early breakfast before boarding the bus for Blue Ridge, Georgia over the same route that we came back yesterday. Since I knew the lighting would be better, I took a few pictures along our route.
In the canyon the highway traveled, gave this view of the narrow gauge tracks that once were used between the dam and power house.
In Copperhill the Tennessee State Line meaning I'm in Georgia before we reached Blue Ridge. Once the train arrived we boarded the same car as yesterday for our trip from Blue Ridge to Tate. We departed for Tate on time.
Just to the south is the top of the grade before we started down the grade.
Our conductor in the baggage concession car telling Chris Parker that he had won the raffle for a cab ride between Ellijay and Whitestone this morning. Chris was very excited that he had won.
Views of the beautiful Georgia countryside.
Two unique homes along our route.
A L&N Milepost sign.
Views looking down the side of our train.
Cherry Log Creek
More views along our train's route. It was announced that we would do a photo runby at Ellijay. We pulled into Ellijay and unloaded the train for the runby.
The train station at Ellijay.
Our train at Ellijay.
I picked the view from the hill for my runby pictures.
Georgia Northeastern 7562.
The back up move.
Another view of the Ellijay Station.
Everyone is ready but not in a good photo line.
The Photo Runby.
The going away view showing both our locomotives on the point our excursion train.
My coach for today's ride.
The rear of our train during the photo runby.
One last view of the Ellijay Station. The train backed into the station area where we all reboarded.
The Coosawattee River crossing just south of Ellijay. A stop was made to pick up box lunches.
More of that beautiful Georgia countryside.
Views inside of my coach.
Always something interesting along the tracks.
The smallest cross buck that I have ever seen.
More of the beautiful Georgia landscape. We came to our next photo runby location at Whitestone.
We unloaded along a road for the back up move.
The back up move.
Photo Runby 2.
The back up move.
Photo Runby 3.
Picking up the rope that made the photo line.
Views of the Whitestone concrete plant.
A hot Southern afternoon. We are now near where the old Hook once was on the Hook and Eye Line. The Hook was a 15 degree double reverse curve which took four miles to gain the two miles of our present day route. Its location was between here and Talking Rock.
The crossing of this bridge starts the trackage that was built to replace the "Hook".
The train took a more gentle routing than via the old Hook.
A peaceful stream.
A pretty rural setting.
This is where the track for the Hook used to join the mainline.
The old siding at Talking Rock.
Rolled hay.
Through many miles of Southern Forest during the last two days of our train trips.
Under a wooden bridge as our train came into Jasper.
The train station in Jasper.
Curving into Tate.
Switcher in storage as we came into Tate.
Georgia Northeastern GP-9 6576.
Georgia Northeastern GP-38 9708 which I took a picture of on the way to the bus.
The Tate Station and one last view of our excursion train from the last two days as we pulled out of Tate heading back to Chattanooga.
The buses drove together back to the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Chris and I then headed to Rossville to Beas Restaurant which my good friend Jim Nowell had told me about and said I must eat there on this trip. We were seated with two strangers who wouldn't remain strangers for long. You sit at a round table with a Lazy Susan on top which has all the food for your meal on it. The food is changed out so it is always fresh. It was all good old Southern Homemade Food and is all you can eat. The Chicken Wish Bone meat is some of the best chicken I have ever had. We learned a lot from our new friends and we all got a very full meal and a great price. After a fantastic dinner at Beas Restaurant we returned to the Chattanooga Choo Choo where I relaxed for the rest of that evening.
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