Lindale, US (TAN): There’s something exciting on offer for “rail fans” from around the world at Lindale in Georgia state, US.
A train-viewing station at Lindale aims to attract rail fans. Construction on the train platform will begin this spring.
Lindale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Floyd County of Georgia state. It is part of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Last week, the board approved a USD 2,200 contract with an architect to draw up construction documents for the structure.
County manager Jamie McCord expects to do at least 90 per cent of the work in-house with inmate labor, although a few specialized sections may be contracted outside, according to Rome News-Tribune. Joe Silva, owner of the Lindale mill, has offered to donate some bricks for the project.
Plans for a rail viewing platform date back to 2017, when public works director Michael Skeen and special projects Bruce Ivey started investigating the concept.
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The small Southwest Georgia community of Folkston gets about 60 trains a day. They built a covered viewing platform in 2001, including a scanner so visitors could listen to the engineers. It is now a destination for hobbyists — rail fans — who track and photograph trains running across the country. The city also hosts an annual train festival.
Lindale is already a popular train-viewing site and the county owns property by the tracks at First Street and Maple Road, where the station will be built.
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Lindale mill owner Silva also won a special-use permit from the county last year to market the old mill site for special events ranging from weddings to movie shoots.
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