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Local artist Charles Sharrod Partin III designed the brick sculpture, and was on hand with family to witness the dedication and to thank the community-at-large for selecting him. In designing “Lutz Locomotion,” Partin used photos of an old timber train, its engineer and its coalman as inspiration, working in hand-carved brick to create the mural. Partin said he thought the image could serve as a reminder to the citizens of the town’s roots in the railroad. The Tampa Northern Railroad carried materials from Tampa to Brooksville during the early twentieth century. A small train depot named “Lutz Station” was eventually followed by an authorized a post office, at which point Lutz was born. The “Lutz Junction” downtown was demolished in the late 1960s. In 2000, a replica of the depot was rebuilt in the same area, now the intersection of Lutz-Lake Fern Road and U.S. Highway 41. The Lutz public library is located behind the train depot replica. Panasonic DMC FZ7