Ficklin Ficklin's depot stands in a field near the former Georgia Railroad's Washington Branch, now the Georgia Woodlands shortline. A 1905 photo of the depot is online at the Vanishing Georgia website. Ficklin is a small community on GA 47 in southern Wilkes County.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home