Around 1924, when the Roswell Railroad was no longer operational, the Dunwoody Depot was rolled up Chamblee-Dunwoody Road on logs to a new location.  The Depot was originally located between where CVS and Chevron are today on Chamblee Dunwoody Road.  The new location was the southwest corner of the intersection of Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Mount Vernon Road, where BP is today.

The Roswell Railroad operated between Chamblee and Roswell, Georgia between 1881 and 1921.  The engines on the Roswell Railroad were Buck and Dinky.  The train would travel from Chamblee to Roswell and then make the return trip backwards, as there was nowhere to turn around at the Roswell Depot. From the Chamblee Depot the stops were Wilson’s Mill (a flag stop), Dunwoody Depot, Powers Station, and the Roswell Depot.

According to Roswell historian Michael Hitt, the original plans for the railroad would have taken it across the Chattahoochee River by bridge and into Roswell.  However, the bridge was never built and the Roswell Depot remained on the south side of the Chattahoochee River, in what is now Sandy Springs. 

Lucy Carpenter Anderson told her children; Carolyn, Jane, and Ken the story of how the depot was moved to a new location. The old depot became a store and the Dunwoody Post Office.  The store went by the name of Nash’s Store and later Thompson’s Store. 

Fred Donaldson remembers being at the store in 1941 after Pearl Harbor Day as the U. S. was entering World War II.  The young men in the area were gathered there to talk about signing up for the military. 

Mike Austin recalls stopping at Thompson’s Grocery on the way home from school, for a cold Coke or other drink for five cents and maybe some candy.  Larry Jordon remembers that there were three doors.  The door on the left was entry to the post office.  The other two doors led into the grocery store, but everyone used the middle door.  Miss Lottie worked in the store and rang up the sales.