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Downtown Dillsboro was partially flooded in 2024 during Hurricane Helene. The Jarrett House and Elias Brendle Monteith House and Outbuildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [12] Gertrude Dills McKee, first woman elected to the North Carolina State Senate, was a native of Dillsboro; she was the daughter of William Allen ...
1943 Rennert railroad accident, Rennert, North Carolina; 74 killed. North Carolina's deadliest rail disaster to date [136] [137] [138] 1944 Stockton train wreck, Stockton, Georgia; 47 killed plus 41 injured. State of Georgia's deadliest rail disaster to date [139] [140] 1944 "Tragedy on Election Day", Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; 16 killed plus 50 ...
The train wreck scene in The Fugitive was filmed in Dillsboro along the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. The wreckage set can still be viewed on outbound train excursions from Dillsboro. The later scene in a small hospital was filmed at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva.
The train was struck by a tractor-trailer at a grade crossing. October 29, 2014 Empire Service: Clermont, New York: Employee collision 1 0 The train struck a track worker. RAB-15-06: March 9, 2015: Carolinian: Halifax, North Carolina: Grade crossing 0 74 The train struck a truck with an oversize load at a grade crossing. HQ-2015-1025: May 12, 2015
The railroad owns the Smoky Mountain Trains Museum in Bryson City, North Carolina; located across Greenlee Street from the Bryson City Depot. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The museum features a collection of over 7,000 Lionel model engines, cars and accessories, a large model train layout, a children's activity center, and a gift shop.
[7] [4] The wreck took several weeks to plan and was preceded by several test runs with a boxcar and a log car. [11] Scenes in the hospital after Richard Kimble initially escapes were filmed at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina. Cheoah Dam in Deals Gap was the location of the scene in which Kimble jumps from the dam.
A CSX freight train crashed into a massive, tank-like Army artillery vehicle that got stuck on the tracks in South Carolina on Thursday — destroying the $1.5 million weapon on wheels, stunning ...
The train wreck scene in The Fugitive was filmed 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sylva in the town of Dillsboro. The scene of Harrison Ford walking on railroad tracks in an old tunnel was also close by in Cowee Tunnel. [16] The town was also the site of filming for the 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. [17] [18]