#12 "rushes" up the 5% grade at Tweetsie Railroad. 1/15th zoom pan.
#190 pulls the "wild west train"
fireman David Bradley shovels coal into former White Pass and Yukon #190 at Tweetsie Railroad.
Former ET&WNC #12 leads coach #5 around the 3 mile loop at Tweetsie Railroad
former ET&WNC at Tweetsie Railroad during the first day of their 2011 season.
This railroad tie plate is dated "85", not 1985 but 1885. The track looming in the background is dated 1886 and has laid dormant since 1938.
The bank and roadbed below the track has given away and this track dated back to 1886 sits suspended over a creek now. These tracks were abandoned in 1938 and the last locomotive to cross over t... (more)
Engineer Don McGrady and brakeman (normally engineer) Mickey McGrady do some switching in the CWCY "yard" in Hickory, NC.
CWCY 1811 heads through Hudson, NC.
NS P61 heading towards Hickory, NC, seen here in Spencer.
A view from the rear of GSMR 711 during the process of running around the train before taking it back to the NOC, and eventually Bryson City, NC.
Eric Pittman looks out the window as he brings the train to a stop at the NOC.
Storm clouds linger in the distance as GSMR 711 heads uphill out of Bryson City, NC.
Switching out center beams.