The first is extremely exciting, as it provides the only clear view I have ever seen of the 10,000 gallon water tank that is indicated on those 1922 Sanborn maps. A 1938 photo on page 32 of the 2nd Edition of Brian Boyd's book shows the tank peeking up behind loco #75, but a 1943 photo on page 33 shows that the tank has been removed. The tank is a match for the tanks shown in undated photos of Joy and Mountain City. Other photos in Mr. Boyd's book indicate the water was delivered by a boring old water hose in later years.
I'm not totally sure where this photo is located, but I think we are atop the deck girder bridge that crossed Tallulah Falls Lake looking east at the intersection between the two legs of Terrora Circle.
Likewise, I am not totally sure about this photo, but my guess is that we have just come through the deep cut that is now filled by the modern, four-lane version of US-441 and are looking southbound, with "Old 441" and the Tallulah River on the right. The Joy depot and water tank should be in view on the track just ahead to the north. I think the cut behind us was the one decorated to look like a tunnel for Disney's "The Great Locomotive Chase".
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