Passenger car was used as Durham depot
Durham tracks leading to shed
Mule barn
Tracks near the mule barn
Durham mining operation
"Dinky" engine
Rail overpass at Round Mountain
East entrance to the coal mine at Round Mountain opposite Durham
#14 trestle
School children at Durham
Passing through Vulcan
photo by Wes Schultz
Going through a cut past Vulcan
photo by John Wilson
On high ground far above Rock Creek
photo by John Wilson
On the way to Pump Gulf
photo by John Wilson
On high ground
photo by John Wilson
Nearing the trestle at Pump Gulf
photo by John Wilson
Steep dropoff from trestle
photo by John Wilson
Trestle at Pump Gulf leads toward tall peak
photo by John Wilson
Rail line edges around high peak
photo by John Wilson
The trestle is long gone at Fuggett Branch
photo by Wes Schultz
Track above Rock Creek near Durham
photo by John Wilson
Near last leg of trip to Durham
photo by Wes Schultz
Rock cut
photo by John Wilson
Stone culvert under railroad at creek near Durham worked for many years
photo by Wes Schultz
View of the rail bed from power line near Durham Road
photo by John Wilson
Final leg into Durham
photo by John Wilson
There is little sign along Durham Road of the old mining town
photo by John Wilson
The little community of Vulcan was the last sign of civilization until the Chickamauga to Durham train arrived at its destination of Durham, Ga., on Lookout Mountain.
Vulcan Drive goes from Tucker Branch across Vulcan Road in the direction of Durham along the old railroad line.
At Pump Gulf, there was a sweeping trestle going to the left some distance beyond the Vulcan community. Then another high trestle had to be built at Fuggett Branch as Durham was getting close.
The line ended at the low point of Durham Road (Highway 199) where there was an active mining town for many years.
Durham had a brick commissary, a school, a post office, a ball field and a host of miner homes, but almost all of it his disappeared.
Much of the Durham property was bought at auction by the Lula Lake Land Trust and has been preserved.
The spot where the mining operation itself was located and the last length of the rail bed went to a private buyer, and it is fenced off.
The tracks were not taken up on the Chickamauga to Durham Railroad until the early 1950s.