SP seemed to to have at least one of everything. One of the rarities got a few more years of life doing light duty on this little shoreline. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

ETWNC 12 leading another train around the mountain at Tweetsie Railroad.

ET&WNC #208 and #207 in Johnson City, TN after a NRHS trip in 1960.

The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina’s daily train passes a modest truck patch just beginning to sprout in this May, 1982 view.

Done with its work in Elizabethton, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina’s daily train is returning to the Clinchfield interchange in Johnson City.

East Tennessee &Western North Carolina’s local crew works the industries in Elizabethton, Tennessee with their ex-SP RS32, which survives today on the Delaware-Lackawanna.

Basking in the morning sun after ascending the grade to Pardee Point, Tennessee, ET&WNC 16E sits tied down awaiting the return run to Lakeside Yard and through the beautiful and rugged Doe River G... (more)

The 66-mile East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad was a noted three-foot-gauge empire that at its peak reached from Johnson City, Tennessee through the mountains to Boone, North Carolin... (more)

Stopped at Pardee Point deep in Doe River Gorge, the passengers of ET&WNC 16E get a short but knowledge filled narration about the Gorge itself, and about Doe River Gorge Christian Ministries, bef... (more)

On a warm summer night in East Tennessee, ET&WNC 16 awaits the following day of excursions in Lakeside Yard. We operate excursions during the summer and fall months, with Doe River Gorge Ministrie... (more)

A new addition to the Avery County Museum, ET&WNC caboose 505. After being used as a fishing cabin for many years it was decided that the relic's proper home would be next to the former Linville d... (more)

Tweetsie Railroad (EX: ET&WNC) #12 running on the last day of the 2013 season.

Train rides and other fun activities were open to the Public at the Doe River Gorge Chritian Camp on Sunday October 21st. Here is link to a recent Ron Flanary photo that tells more about the histo... (more)

EX: ET&WNC #12, and EX: WP&YR #190 at Tweetsie Railroad railfan weekend 2012.

After a 2.5 mile hike up the tracks from Hampton, we reach the first bridge over the Doe River in the Gorge. Barely visible through the trees is the darkness of tunnel #4 across the river. Needles... (more)