Recent Photographs......
Georgia Peach RR
Well, over a year has passed since I started
working on my layout, and as you will be able to tell by this page, my
layout far surpasses my websight expertise. So, in order to keep
you outta suspense, I thought I'd at least post a "Recent Photo" page till
I can muster enough time and effort to update the entire website.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed the "labor of luv" put
into the layout, and the enjoyment it has brought to my family, friends,
and co-club members!
Thanks again to all for your efforts and support.
If it's gonna be as "long and hard" a winter
as what the "old timers" are saying, you can expect to see many changes
in the "scenery" next year. My little brain has been "clicking" as
to the changes and details I want to make, not only to the landscaping
(and, yes, I still have one tunnel to rock and plant) but as to the scenery.......I
bought close to $200 worth of "peoples and props" in Chicago this past
summer at the convention I have to do something with. If my friends
were the good friends (ahem) as they say they are, they would have spared
me that expense by not turning me loose on my own with a credit card in
my hand. Also, over the winter I will be working on making my own
buildings from Jig Stones molds I bought, as well as re-foofing some of
the buildings you will see with tin roofs (actually aluminum cans).
Those of you that are familiar with the "Sunny
Buns Nudist Colony" I secured, you may be happy to know it will not become
a permanent part of the "surroundings". I'm having a hard time justifying
putting it out by the "pond" when I have little "munchkins" asking me "Grandma,
where's their clothes"? Then again, who knows what the winter may
bring......... :-)
Ok.............now for the rest of the story...........here
are the most recent photo's taken at the October Georgia Garden Railroad
Society meeting held at my house on October 9, 1999.
Kinda hard to tell here, but that is an arch truss bridge
in the front and a covered bridge in the back. This image is a little
distorted (as if you couldn't see that).
This is a view from the NW loop facing south and represents my
fictitional community of Peach County, GA. That is my friends Frances
and Charlie Tidd's logging Shay you see off to the west coming thru town.
The church you see was given to me by Frances and Charlie for my birthday.
Charlie scratch built the church and it is adorned by a copper steeple
which does not show well in this pic. The foundation
of the church is rock. I'm certain it's beauty will spark many weddings
next spring and summer when the flowers are in bloom and the birds and
bees are doing their thang............
This is Brian Vaughn and Charlie Tidd checking out the derailment
of the LGB passenger train that had just stopped at the station in Peach
County for a fresh supply of travelers and miners earger to return to the
North Georgia Mountains. They were headed to Dahlonega where
gold is mined, and the Alpine Village of Helen to celebrate
Oktoberfest. If you look closely, you will see a hot air balloon
hoovering above the city of Helen (toward the top center of the photograph)
and on the ground a long line of hopefuls awaiting their turns. We
are happy to report there were no fatalities due to the derailment.
Looks like we had one passenger that was greatly shaken during
the derailment. Notice the look of surprise on Miss Sally Ann's face
as she peers from the window to see if the passenger car she is riding
in is going to topple over the bridge into the ravine below. Poor
baby.................
Looks like this is the passenger train returning from it's venture
north, being pulled by..........GASP...........is that an alligator.........NO!
WAIT!.........It's a crocodile by crocks!........ 8 LGB passenger
cars being pulled up hill.
Thanks to Frances and Charlie Tidd and Don Browning for supplying
the passenger cars and crocodile! Everyone enjoyed the pull.
That's Don Browning on the left admiring his crocodile pulling
the passenger train (probably surveying to see if any damage had been done,
he he)
Passenger train coming round the south loop up in Helen.
Looks like there is plenty of entertainment up there in them thar hills
from the looks of the two storied green brothel, ummm building in the back
ground. The little gray cabins with the black roofs in the back ground
were built by Ken Brunt in PA. Those will be tin roofed during the
winter. Thank you Ken! The white shoes off to the left are
attached to a body sitting on a cedar love seat facing into the garden.
That area will eventrually house Alpine Helen!
Forward facing view of the two bridges also gives you more of
a panoramic view of Peach County where Banks, Saloons, School Houses, General
Stores, Feed & Seed Supply, Freight & Passenger Station and a grand
Court House abound. The red barn off to the left houses the farm animals
and operating equipment for Peach Orchard Farms where the most luscious
peaches ever are grown. If you look closely between the covered bridge
and the barn you can see the peach orchard. Hummm...........that
umbrella and table look a little lopsided. Ha! They are.
he he, have to put a level to em...........
Another view of the passenger trains clickity clacking along
the gentle rolling hills between Peach County and the City of Atlanta.
I have just rewritten history here.................Atlanta came last and
will be displaced. The tunnel you see behind the white farm house
will be stacked stone and will represent Stone Mountain, GA.............there
will be a replica of old Atlanta to the front of that which geographically
will be wrong as Atlanta is to the west of Stone Mountain , but then technically,
I am told, so is the gauge of my layout so I guess it all fits in perfectly
with the scheme of things :-)
Only three (3) more.............hang in there!
Looks like we have a couple of devoted "train fans" here.
This is Charlie & Frances' grandson Mark and his friend Haley.
If you look closely, you will probably see the operational remote is Mark's
left hand :-) The tunnel is cut thru where the gold mines of Dahlonega
are located, and will be expanded by next year..................Note my
fishie stepping stones have almost been overtaken by ground covers.
Aaahhh!!! and my solace...........the sound of "running water"
all generated by a pump that sends water through a pipe and exits thru
the old hand pump. (Many, many thanks to Charlie for his expertise
in rigging this thing up for me).........I was intent on putting a waterfall
in, but after hearing the woe's of other pond keepers, I decided the pump
would be best for me. The pond was heavily populated by gold fish
and 1 koi, couple of froggies yet to be truely seen, just heard and glimpsed,
and several mosquito fish. Something has gotten into the pond
over the summer (caught a few dogs bathing in it) and looks like I am left
with 1 goldfish, a very pretty butterfly one at that. This summer
I had lillie pads, lotus, grasses, and I don't remember the name of the
monster in the back but it's a fairly common water plant with very
pretty blue blooms. In addition of permanent plants I had an ample
supply of water hyanchinth's and cabbages (I think the are actually called
letteuce).
And, I just looked at the last picture and it looks like a duplicate
so I will spare you any more discomfort. Hope you enjoyed it, please
check back sometime and see if I've made any progress :-)
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