There’s more going on in this photograph than you may at first recognize. See if you can pinpoint the location and the activity of this modern scene. Also tell us about the building now…and in the past. Send your thoughts to a new address, ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Bob Hanson of Loganville, a train enthusiast, writes about the April 26 Mystery Photo. “It is a colorized version of a black and white print of a negative in my collection. It is Atlanta Terminal Station from the rear, with Atlanta and West Point RailRoad No. 290 engine in the foreground. The Terminal Hotel in the background burned in 1938 with the loss of a number of lives. The former Southern Railway building is off camera to the right. The photo [see black-and-white photo at bottom]was taken by Hugh M. Comer of Macon, who gave me the negative, along with a number of others, shortly before he passed. The photo was colorized, I believe, by Tom Alderman, another friend of mine.” The photo was made by the editor at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. also realized the photo was made at the Duluth museum, and was not of the original site. Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C. wrote: “Terminal Station in Atlanta opened on 1905, serving the Southern Railway and Seaboard Airline, among other smaller railroads. Terminal Station closed in 1970, and was razed in 1972. The Richard B. Russell Federal building, built in 1979, currently occupies the site.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: Today’s mystery photo is of a painting located in the main entrance and gift shop of the Southeastern Railroad Museum at 3596 Buford Hwy in Duluth. This museum sits on 35-acres and has been in operation since 1970. Owned by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, it features two model trains in the exhibit hall, over 90 pieces of retired railway rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives. Visitors can ride in restored cabooses behind an antique diesel locomotive.”
Also recognizing the mystery were Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Kate Pittman, Lilburn; and Michael Blackwood, Duluth.
Photo courtesy of Bob Hanson.
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: ebrack2@gmail.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
Gwinnett Tech hosts inaugural BAM! event
Dr. D. Glen Cannon, president of Gwinnett Technical College, addressed a crowd of builders, manufacturers, and community stakeholders at the College’s inaugural BAM! (Builders and Manufacturers) appreciation event. This event is dedicated to honoring the invaluable contributions of builders and manufacturers to the College’s workforce development initiatives. From left are Melvin Everson, vice president of Economic Development; State Rep. Dewey McClain; Erich Berniger, WIKA Instrument Corporation; Dr. Cannon; Darwin Newton, Siemens; Cole Porter, Porter Steel; State Rep. Farooq Mughal, and Sabastian Barron, Governor Kemp’s Office. Photo Credit: Jeremy Statum.
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