Comments on: 1943 L&N Railroad Coaling Tower On State Line Is Demolished (With Photo Gallery)

By: Robert J. Casares

Robert J. Casares — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:40:23 +0000

Thank you for covering this event.

I used to drive from Atlanta to Pensacola in the 1990s and looked forward
to crossing into North Florida.

Georgia and Florida are beautiful and I have missed this part of our country
since moving home to Texas.

Sad to see this happen……A little bit more of Miss Ellen N is gone.

By: D.B.

D.B. — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:45:05 +0000

Wow, almost 80 years old, wow!
Nothing built these days will ever last that long! Items these days are built to fail so the companies can make more money sooner!

By: David Eisman

David Eisman — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:41:03 +0000

For those who say let go of the past I say have respect for the artisanship of the past. You simply don’t see the kind of artistry present on the coaling tower with the fancy script L&N logo that is now lost. Modern architecture is too modular, cheap nondescript and not built to last. I will miss that coaling tower and it’s logo that copied the logo on the L&N passenger steam locomotives. This logo was slightly different from the standard logo L& N logo used for correspondence and advertising.

By: B. F.JACKSON III

B. F.JACKSON III — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:33:29 +0000

I think a similar coaling tower remains in the old “Operations &Maintainance,Servicing area for the Montgomery Steam locomotives that were here.

By: B. F.JACKSON III

B. F.JACKSON III — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:29:19 +0000

The L&N RR certainly built these structures solidly and too last for many years of service; I think there is one huge concrete tower remaining in Montgomery Al. in North Montgomery east of North Court St. location of the “Operations” railroad yards where maintenance and servicing of the steam locomotives was performed in big railroad shop buildings.

By: Oversight

Oversight — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:50:07 +0000

Economics 101 – Obsolescence. It is no longer needed because of advances in technology and engineering. Sing it, Elsa, “Let it Go, Let it Go.”

By: RaD

RaD — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:09:56 +0000

@John Doe – Agreed

By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:18:46 +0000

It’s funny to hear people complain that society is erasing the past. You do realize that nature cares not for the past and erases a little bit of history every single second of your existence. Humans are they only ones who seem fixated on the past. The rest of the world just moves forward.

By: Sad

Sad — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:17:27 +0000

So sad!! Our BEAUTIFUL Depot was torn down and it could have been a beautiful part of history! Now the only other thing left to remind us of how busy little old Flomaton was a booming town. On weekends you couldn’t find a parking place in town. I loved that old coal tower! It was not far from where I grew up! Sooo sad

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:30:30 +0000

Another piece of Railroad history gone by way
Of the dinosaur