Where in Carolina Country is This?

The January “Where Is This” photo by Carolina Country’s Renee Gannon features the Carolina Diner, one of the many murals found along the Marcia H. Cloninger Rail-Trail section of the Carolina Thread Trail (carolinathreadtrail.org). This 1.5-mile paved path goes from a city park trailhead off North Aspen Street through downtown Lincolnton to Motz Avenue. The mural resides near an underpass beneath East Main Street at North Poplar Street. The train dining car mural art, by the late Clive Haynes, faces a steam locomotive mural. The locomotive mural pays tribute to Lincolnton’s rail, textiles and local arts history. If you look closely at the diners in the car, you will see familiar faces. Other murals nearby also pay tribute to this former Norfolk Southern railroad corridor, as well as the local arts scene. The winning entry chosen at random from all correct submissions came from Randy Cash of Lincolnton, a Rutherford EMC member.