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The Bryson City Depot is a train station located in Bryson City, North Carolina, United States.It serves as the only active station along the Murphy Branch, a rail line that traverses from Asheville to Murphy in Western North Carolina.
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. [19] [20]
A former Southern Railway depot in Bryson City, North Carolina, now serving as the main headquarter of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR). The Murphy Branch is a branch line operated by the Western North Carolina Railroad, later the Richmond and Danville, Southern Railway, the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and today the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad.
Bryson City and Swain County were not included under state limited access/no travel area rules following the storm, and the free meals were available to those in need at the depot Sept. 30-Oct. 4 ...
Bryson City offers fall foliage, outdoor activities and Polar Express train rides are on track for the holidays. What’s open and safe to do in Bryson City after Helene hit Western North Carolina ...
Bryson City Depot. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which was established in 1933 during the Great Depression, generates considerable revenue to for Swain County. Horace Kephart, an author and outdoors enthusiast who was based in Bryson City for several years, was a key early proponent for creation of the park. [11]
In late 1991, the No. 1702 locomotive was purchased by the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) in Bryson City, North Carolina, where it hauled tourist train excursions on the half of the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch, which spans 53 miles (85 kilometers) of track between Dillsboro and Nantahala, North Carolina.
Bryson City offers fall foliage, outdoor activities and Polar Express train rides are on track for the holidays. ... Location: 9400 US-19 W, Bryson City NC 28713.