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The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark ET&WNC), affectionately called the "Tweetsie" as a verbal acronym of its initials (ET&WNC) but also in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of serving the mines at Cranberry, North Carolina.
After retirement in 1940, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950 and No. 12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow-gauge engines still in existence. It was sold to the Shenandoah Central in 1952 where it was restored in 1953 and continued to operate in service until its second retirement in 1954.
The current standard gauge railroad is a remnant of a larger, narrow gauge railroad, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad, chartered in 1866 to haul iron ore from Cranberry, North Carolina to Johnson City across the Appalachian Mountains. Through an acquisition and track extensions, the railroad grew to serve Boone, North ...
Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad: 1900 1920 Tennessee and North Carolina Railway: Tennessee and North Carolina Railway: 1920 1951 N/A Tennessee Northern Railway: SOU: 1896 1903 Knoxville and Ohio Railroad: Tennessee and Ohio Railroad: SOU: 1884 1889 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: Tennessee ...
Origins of Tweetsie Railroad. The theme park's history can be traced back to the late 19th Century, when narrow-gauge railroads began to access the remote areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Coal-fired steam locomotive locomotive No. 12 is the only surviving narrow-gauge engine of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC).
It only could be freight — Western North Carolina doesn't have passenger rail, at least not anymore. In 1975, the last passenger train left Asheville's Biltmore Station and didn't return.
East Carolina Railway: ACL: 1898 1965 N/A East Carolina Land and Railway Company: ACL: 1887 1894 Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad: East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad: ETWN 1866 1950 N/A Edenton and Norfolk Railway: NS: 1888 1902 Suffolk and Carolina Railway: Egypt Railway: NS: 1892 1910 Sanford and Troy Railroad ...
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad; L. Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company; T. Tweetsie Railroad; W. Washington and Plymouth Railroad