This is a refurbished abandoned rail in the Appalachian mountains. We visited it as we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway that is a national park. There is also a couple of trails that can be hiked along the ridge – they are long and require more strength than I currently have. 🙂
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Is this a disused railway track? Here, many have been turned into cycle paths or footpaths.
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This is a refurbished abandoned rail in the Appalachian mountains. We visited it as we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway that is a national park. There is also a couple of trails that can be hiked along the ridge – they are long and require more strength than I currently have. 🙂
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Oh…I must agree….WOW!
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Thanks, Charles. I believe these were in West Virginia – so not far from where you grew up.
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Are these rails in use still?
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No, Sue. They are narrow gauge rails in Appalachia used to transport either coal or logs down the mountains.
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So a beautifully silent place, imbued with history…
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Yes. That is why it was so powerful for me to photograph. I could imagine the noise and soot and destruction of the land.
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Wonderful
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Wonderfully captured!
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Thanks, Julie. Nice to hear from you.
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Just wow!
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Beautiful autumn photo.
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Thanks – I was hearing the sounds of late summer outside my window this morning and thinking about autumn. This was taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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