The City of Pickens purchased the facility in 2013 along with the 7.5 mile rail line. The 1.86 acre site was developed as a passenger train depot with railway yard and shipping warehouses as early as 1889. During the work at the Rail Depot the City intends on preserving and re-using any features or remnants of the old depot that might be uncovered. Currently our trail head is in desperate need of a face lift but at the same time we are mindful of preserving the legacy of the Pickens Railroad which has played a significant role in our City’s history. The City has been awarded several grants over the past year which are laying the financial foundation for this project. Where the Mountains Begin Navigation, primaryīig things are happening at the Doodle Trail HeadĪs some of you may have heard the City of Pickens has some exciting news in regards to the Doodle Trail Head. Reporting a Property Nuisance Condition.Master Parking & Pedestrian Safety Plan.Community Master Plan Charrette Final Report & Presentation.Pickens Doodle Trail Head Project:Brownfield.Events - Support Hagood Community Center.Size Up your Business to the Competition.Continuing Training and Education for your Business.Local Networks and Entrepreneur Hotspots.Business Start-Up Assistance, Counseling and Mentorship.Things to Consider before Starting a Business.It has windows and must have been used for work crews. I hope so.Īnyway, they are confined today, so, despite some initial trepidation to walk by, I am saved by their deck railing and a secondary containment system - their yard fence.įurther along, I spot this old steel boxcar. I'll bet he thought twice about the wisdom of chasing me that day. As it was, my footpeg hit the big dog pretty hard. If you accelerate before they get to you, their calculation is thrown off and they end up behind you instead, with a "how did that happen" look on their faces. There were so many others that I couldn't use the usual technique of accelerating before they intercepted me. One of the larger dogs tried to intercept my front wheel. I might not be writing this account for you today. I can't imagine what they would have done with me had I fallen off the scooter. (Second motorcycle tiein.) The dogs were not confined and all of them ran after me. A few months ago, I was riding the bike in front of that house. The car along the trail is one of the latter. Later on, the car was restyled by Pinin Farina and subassembly begun in Italy. Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and British automaker Donald Healey. The Nash-Healey was the product of the partnership between by a major automaker since the Great Depression. It was "America's first post-war sports car", and the first Image) vehicle for the automaker to promote the sales of the other Nash Marketed by Nash-Kelvinator Corporation with the Nash Ambassadorĭrivetrain and a European chassis and body, it served as a halo (or Were made all together, and they are quite scarce as a result.Īccording to the Wikipedia article, it is a two-seat sports car that was produced for the American market between 19. Probably amongst the rarest is a 1952 Nash-Healey automobile. Railroad tracks - in backyards and behind industrial buildings. There are many places where stuff has been stashed near the former There is at least one other old bike, shown here at right.īike on the left is the same one as the one in the picture Someone has cultivated a little garden, complete with birdbath and dog watering bowl. The trail starts out in Easley, in the center of this map. Like most such trails, the grades are gradual, so it is mostly an easy walk - or ride - if you happen to be a bicyclist.Ĭome along and see some of the sights.and I promise, there are some motorcycle tie ins. I covered most of the trail in the two visits. I picked up the trail in Easley and went part way and back - around 7-1/2 miles, then on another day, started in Pickens and explored from that end - about six miles total. Since I have been trying to get out and exercise more often and for longer periods since I retired, I had to try it out. Railroad, at the time did not have turning facilities until the lineīuilt two wye sections of track at each end of the line years later. "looked like a doodlebug," according to area residents. Train would run backwards to Easley and forward to Pickens, which In its early years, it was nicknamed the "Pickens Doodle" because the According to Wikipedia, the Easley-Pickens line was chartered on December 24, 1890. Why "Doodle?" Well, the railroad that used to run here was officially the Pickens Railway. It just opened on Memorial Day weekend, so I had to try it out.
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