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Chernobyl
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"Folkston Funnel"
Posted by Chernobyl on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:18 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/08/10/georgia.train.ap/index.html

a town that seems to cater to rail fans...
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DrummingTrainfan
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Posted by DrummingTrainfan on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:34 AM
WOW! I would love to go there. Perhaps TRAINS could put a webcam there? [dinner]
GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.
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tree68
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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:38 PM
Here's a sample:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38007

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Posted by oskar on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:51 PM
dang tree I missed you by 1 day! It dose cater to railfans(like me) just like Rochelle.




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Chernobyl
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Posted by Chernobyl on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:52 PM
Great pictures. certainly busier than here in marysville. probably not by a whole lot though, but I;ve never counted. Of course that will probably change drastically in a couple years.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:39 PM
Sounds great. I'd like to go down there--but preferably in winter.
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Posted by DPD1 on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:26 PM
Seems like more towns are starting to do stuff like this... There was one person that contacted me because they were going to install an antenna on their gazebo they built, so people could hook in and use it for their radios when they watch. So I guess it's not ALL about getting chased away from the tracks now days.

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spbed
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Posted by spbed on Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:54 AM
Actually I would prefer Daggett CA for a new webcam. [:o)][:p]

Originally posted by DrummingTrainfan
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tree68
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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:31 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by oskar

dang tree I missed you by 1 day! It dose cater to railfans(like me) just like Rochelle.
kevin

Which way? I almost went back up to Folkston the next morning, but opted to sleep in instead. Had a plane to catch around noon at JAX.

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Posted by oskar on Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:11 PM
I was there May 28-30th.also dagget is ok for you but I think it would be cool watching a tropicana train running past Folkston on a web cam.




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