FORMER L&N RAILROAD

"HOOK & EYE LINE"

Cleared of 20 years of growth in 1997.
Whistle posts, mile posts repaired spring 1998

First brush clearing work detail (May 1977)	Whistle- and mile-post work (spring 1998)
Photos in this column show one of the two crews at the first brush clearing work day. We started in Ellijay, Georgia and worked north toward Blue Ridge.	Photos in this column show mileposts being repainted or replaced, switch targets repainted, and whistle posts being replaced.
Morning safety talk at Ellijay Station.	Work train at Blue Ridge Station.
Work train made up to go north.	Work train crosses trestle.
The work crew stops for a photo.	Pulling up a damaged whistle post. (2 photos)
Clearing limbs in preparation for the chainsaw.	Repainting a concrete mile post.
Rails emerge from the woods.	Replacing an old mile post.
End of the line - then.	Painting switch targets.
Afternoon joy ride after work is done (2 photos).	Unloading damaged posts.

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