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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.
East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...
Located east of the Tennessee state line and west of the Piedmont, Western North Carolina contains few major urban centers. Asheville , located in the region's center, is the area's largest city and most prominent commercial hub.
When the hurricane hit Western North Carolina and East Tennessee as a tropical storm Sept. 26-27, it caused a deadly interaction between the Appalachian mountains, small tributary streams and ...
3 ft ( 914 mm) The East Tennessee Railway, L.P. ( reporting mark ETRY) is a short line railroad connecting CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway in Johnson City, Tennessee. Since 2005, the railroad has been owned by Genesee and Wyoming, an international operator of short line railroads, as part of its Rail Link group.
The weather has been cooperating in areas of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee since Hurricane Helene devastated the region weeks ago, but a cold front that blasted through the region ...
Damage from Hurricane Helene as seen from a North Carolina National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter near Green Mountain, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Authorities also will begin the process ...
Tweetsie Railroad. Tweetsie Railroad is a family-oriented Wild West theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States. The centerpiece of the park is a 3-mile (4.8 km) ride on a train pulled by one of Tweetsie Railroad's two historic narrow-gauge steam locomotives. [1] The park also features a variety of amusement ...