The Flickr Norfolksouthernlandscape Image Generatr

Here was the Norfolk Southern.

"I see where riprap and a U-shape of chunky bollards have been installed, in hopes of halting the erosion of a gully," I remarked.

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In Rome, Georgia, on January 1st, 2025, was a view from the east side of a bridge across the Etowah River, on Turner McCall Boulevard (U.S. Route 27 and Georgia state routes 20 and 53), south of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Etowah (river) (1123836)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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• Norfolk Southern Railway (Q1321054)
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• Southern Shale Valleys (Q131671391)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Railroads—Georgia (sh85111109)

Most of the powerlines are actually telecommunications cables but oh well.

Can you spot the AutoZone store! And can you spot the billboard shadow.

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In Rome, Georgia, on January 1st, 2025, was a view toward Norfolk Southern railroad tracks from the west side of a bridge across the Etowah River, on Turner McCall Boulevard (U.S. Route 27 and Georgia state routes 20 and 53), south of East 1st Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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In downtown Roanoke, Virginia, on May 29th, 2022, a view from the southeast corner of Shenandoah Avenue Northwest and 5th Street Northwest. There is the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Roanoke (7022213)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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According to the historical satellite imagery on Google Earth, multiple parallel sets of railroad tracks were stripped from this area sometime between October 2008 and September 2010.

I suppose the plants are trying to reproduce and grow as quickly as they can, but I would have liked to have seen a denser and lusher collection of plants by now.

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In Logan Township near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on June 28th, 2019, an abandoned portion of the Altoona Works rail yard and railroad shop complex, established by the Pennsylvania Railroad and now operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway, as viewed from the south side of a bridge on North 8th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Altoona (7015966)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Urban plants (sh85141312)
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PICTURE OF THESE.

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In Findlay, Ohio, on April 29th, 2018, Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on the north side of West Main Cross Street (Ohio Route 12), opposite Hurd Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Findlay (2079566)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• railroads (infrastructure) (300008591)
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Wikidata items:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Dandelions (sh85035696)