Hartwell, GA: 1879,2020 Event Space/Hartwell Depot

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The railroad was, and is, the Harwell Railroad (HRT).

Street View, Sep 2023

Street View, 2016

The event space can accommodate 23 people. [TorchOfHartwell_rent]

Andy Sarge posted two photos with the comment: "Before and after restoration photo's of the Hartwell Railroad Depot in Hartwell Georgia."

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Gary Miller commented on Andy's post

Here's an oldie, too !

Jay Holland: Andy Sarge it sure did degrade from the 1980’s when it was well kept for the excursions.

Gary Miller commented on his comment
Look at the Plymouth Reliant ! All the silos are gone along with the passenger platform.

Was this custom playground equipment? Or can you order trains from a playground catalogue?

Traveling Lady Railfan, Apr 2025

When I saw that the railroad terminated in this town, I researched where it went. It connected to the Southern Railway near Bowersville.

Southern owned this route between 1902 and 1924. [TorchOfHartwell]

1954/65 Greenville Quad @ 250,000

pdf via TorchOfHartwell
The excursion train ran to Bowersville, which is ten miles away.

At first I thought they planned to restore these two artifacts and park them by the depot. But now I think these are left over from the excursion train business that terminated in 1985.

Street View, Jun 2023

Photo, Jul 2021

Hartwell Railroad also operates some former Southern routes. [GreatWaltonRailroad]

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