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Atlanta's expansive Piedmont Park is a beautiful green oasis very near the heart of the city--much like New York's Central Park. It is home to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and offers hundreds of acres of rolling hills, playing fields, and walkways. Lake Clara Meer, seen here reflecting the Bank of America tower, is the park's shimmering crown jewel.
The Piedmont and Northern Railway is owned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and operated by Patriot Rail Corporation under contract. It has a long interesting history beginning as a large interurban system. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_and_Northern_Railway
Here are a half dozen photos taken in Ranlo, NC in December 2012 and April 2013. Yes, the red is that red! No, your eyes are not deceiving you in the last two pictures.
The units GP15-1s.
Piedmont Park was designed by the same man who designed Central Park. It really shows here, don't you think?
The ghost town of Piedmont, WY. Built during construction of the transcontinental railroad, Piedmont was abandoned after the line was realigned to the north in 1910.
Piedmont Park is a 189-acre municipal park located between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. The land was originally owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who sold it in 1887 to the Gentleman's Driving Club, later renamed the Piedmont Driving Club, who let the Piedmont Exposition Company, headed by Charles A. Collier, use it for fairs and expositions. The park was originally designed by Joseph Forsyth Johnson to host the Piedmont Exposition in 1887 and then later, the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895. From 1902 to 1904, the park was home to Atlanta's first professional baseball team, the Atlanta Crackers, and in 1903, it played host to the second football game and the beginning of the "Deep South's Oldest Rivalry" between Auburn University (then named Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) and the University of Georgia. In 1904, the park underwent a redesign called the Olmsted plan, led by the sons of New Frederick Law Olmsted--John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
National Register #76000629 (1976)