After an absence of nearly twelve years, regular steam operation has returned to GSMR as the recently rehabilitated 1702 leads a Saturday evening dinner train west out of Bryson City.
Fog begins to build along the Nantahala river as 1702 steams westbound through the gorge with the daily gorge train. Rafters from the Nantahala Outdoor Center enjoy the rapids created by the dail... (more)
What an event! Streamliners at Spencer.
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 1702 during the engine's first excursion since its $750,000 restoration. The locomotive was welcomed with warm smiles and southern hospitality as it pulled i... (more)
Back in active duty again and looking good as it leads a tourist train out to Nantahala Gorge and here crossing the Tuckasegee River.
GSMR 1751 leads the day's Tuck Train around the bend at Ela. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.
GSMR 1751 brings an excursion into Bryson City, NC on a very rainy Saturday afternoon. Here it is passing through a tunnel of fall color as it approaches the depot where it will tie down for the n... (more)
During the last weekend in August, the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train tour visited the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, bringing a replica of President Lincoln's funeral car and Kloke ... (more)
Familiar faces meet nearly a year later in Spencer, but this time the N&W one is operating. The test run was a total shock, but a very well received one. Both the crew of 611 and those admiring th... (more)
Tweetsie 12 rumbles across Dead Horse Trestle on a beautiful spring morning in North Carolina.
Flagg Coal 75 leads GSMR's railfest train through the truss at Ela.
Ex.ET&WNC 12 and Ex.WP&Y 190 now working for Tweetsie Railroad doublehead for the last mornin of Tweetsie's 2014 Railroad Heritage Weekend.
Pennsylvania E8A # 5809 eases a few matching passenger cars through the junction and yard limits at Spencer.
During the "Steamliners at Spencer" event, the roundhouse was loaded on Thursday evening, May 29, with a representative of all the units, and Norfolk and Western class J #611 on the turn... (more)
The B&O F unit leads the passenger train past a Norfolk Southern photo freight.
