Restored depot, Society Hill, S.C.

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Trains used to be a principal form of transportation across the South to move agricultural goods to market.  But these days as cars and jets rule the roost, lots of train stations are decaying.  Fortunately, the folks in Society Hill, S.C., moved and restored this old train depot on U.S. Highway 15.

“I was impressed with the town fixing up this bit of its history,” photographer Michael Kaynard of Charleston, S.C. writes.  “This town seems to be a lot more prosperous than [nearby] Tatum that is allowing its depot to decay in place.”