All aboard for Synder’s big day

Buck Snyder is getting his own special day in Cornelia on July 23 for his decades of preserving and protecting the train depot. SUBMITTED

Saturday, July 23 has been proclaimed “Buck Snyder Day” in Cornelia. Snyder, the longtime chairman of the Cornelia Depot Association, has led in the effort to protect and preserve the Cornelia Train Depot. PETER MADRUGA/Special

In this photo from July 1993, from the left, Ernest B. Snyder Sr., Buck Snyder and Joe Poole cut the ribbon for the Cornelia Depot after a renovation completed then. According to an article in The Northeast Georgian at the time, the elder Snyder was a retired Southern Railroad conductor and Poole was the last permanent depot agent in Cornelia. Buck Snyder served as chairman of the Cornelia Depot Association. SUBMITTED

This Southern Railway caboose, located at the Cornelia Depot, was one of two cabooses restored and protected through efforts of the city and the Cornelia Depot Association, led by Buck Snyder. PETER MADRUGA/Special

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In this 1993 photo, Buck Snyder stands with Annette Nash in front of the wooden X5 caboose Snyder brought to Cornelia. At the time, the caboose needed a lot of work, and that refurbishment and restoration has been done, thanks to Snyder and the Cornelia Depot Association. SUBMITTED