Train Tracks Turned Pedestrian Brigde

 This is where the old train track came into the Lexington station. We live 12 miles out in the country from this point.

Here’s a closer view of what it is now...a student pedestrian walk from the main campus over to the Lynfest Center.

The area underneath the walkway is used for student parking.

At this point you can now see the walkway entering the new Lynfest Center for the Art here.

Lenfest Center for the Arts

Music, Dance, and Art

This is the entry to the center, and it sits on the land where the old Lexington train station once sat. When the university purchased the land, they did not destroy the train station. Rather, they moved it to the left and across the street, and it is now another one of W and L’s beautiful old buildings. All new Washington and Lee structures are built in the same period style. Robert E Lee and members of his family as well as his horse are buried on this campus. Stonewall Jackson Jackson and member of his family are buried here in The Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. Just think...one day my ashes will sit just across the way from him!

This is the original station totally refurbished.

Close up of the entrance to the building.

This is the left half  of the building, and right side is a duplicate.

Here you see the reflection of my trusty little car in the big window.

The old Lexington Train Station now houses the national headquarters of the Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society for college students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni. 


SOOC

This post is linked to Louis LaVache’s Sunday Bridges.

in the picture ~ {a piece of me} ~ #19 ~ Train Ride at 73

Sleeping Car for Norfolk and Western Railway

A Very Narrow Walkway

Velvet Curtains

Beautiful Wood

I had great fun riding in the caboose on the train on Saturday. After it stopped, I was able to walk into another car. It brought back memories of my catching the Florida East Coast Railroad in West Palm Beach in the afternoon, and arriving in Atlanta where I was attending Emory University. I had an upper berth and it was great fun.

I had great fun riding in the caboose on the train on Saturday. After it stopped, I was able to walk into another car. It brought back memories of my catching the Florida East Coast Railroad in West Palm Beach in the afternoon, and arriving in Atlanta the next morning where I was attending Emory University. I had an upper berth and it was great fun. Here I am with my mother and daddy before boarding the train.I adored sailor dresses, and this was one of my favorites. I remember it well.

This post is linked with Urban Muser’s “in the picture” ~ {a piece of me}