One of the remaining structures from the days of the railroad is a defunct Texaco dealership located just south of Clarkesville, currently found on the side of Georgia Highway 385, also called "Historic US-441". At the risk of sounding like Grandpa Simpson, when I was a kid this was THE road to Rabun County... now its "historic".
Here it is in a photo of a photo taken in Dess Oliver's TF museum in Rabun Gap, followed by a current photo of the same place where the old tanks have snoozed in the bushes for many years.
I have definitely been planning to model this facility with Clarkesville thanks to its simplicity and charm - a couple of pineapple juice cans will make great tanks, and I've already found an inexpensive Texaco tank car by Bachmann and a set of cool 1:25 scale Texaco gas pumps for the retail side of the operation .
So I was saddened the other day to come by and find one of the big horizontal tanks gone and the remaining tank strapped to a low-boy trailer - destined I suppose for sale or the scrapyard. This may be a one-off sale of these tanks, or possibly the first step is dismantling this little relic of the TFRR to make space for a burger joint, or perhaps a shop where the citizens of Clarkesville can buy lottery tickets and beer. You know, something important.
Here's the "before and after":
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