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East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

Index East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad, affectionately called the "Tweetsie" in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of serving the mines at Cranberry, North Carolina. [1]

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Boone, North Carolina

Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.

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Carter County, Tennessee

Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Cranberry, North Carolina

Cranberry is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

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Dieselisation

Dieselisation or dieselization is a term generally used for the increasingly common use of diesel fuel in vehicles, or known to be said "Rise of diesel power" as opposed to gasoline or steam engines.

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Dollywood Express

The Dollywood Express is a narrow gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

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East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No.

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East Tennessee Railway

The East Tennessee Railway is a short line railroad connecting CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway in Johnson City, Tennessee.

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Elizabethton Covered Bridge

The Elizabethton Covered Bridge is a covered bridge over the Doe River in Elizabethton, the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee.

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Elizabethton, Tennessee

Elizabethton is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States.

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Elk Park, North Carolina

Elk Park is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

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Foscoe, North Carolina

Foscoe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States.

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Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina.

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Hampton, Tennessee

Hampton is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, United States.

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John T. Wilder

John Thomas Wilder (January 31, 1830 – October 20, 1917) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted principally for capturing a key mountain pass (Hoover's Gap) in the Tullahoma Campaign in Central Tennessee in June 1863.

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Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County.

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Lancaster and Chester Railroad

The Lancaster and Chester Railroad or L&C is a railway headquartered in Lancaster, South Carolina.

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Laurel Fork Railway

The Laurel Fork Railway was a small, standard-gauge logging railroad that operated entirely in Carter County, Tennessee from 1912 to 1927.

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Linville, North Carolina

Linville is a community centered just south of the US 221 and NC 105 intersection in Avery County, North Carolina.

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List of North Carolina railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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List of Tennessee railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars

The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad has had a large variety of locomotives and railroad cars.

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Minneapolis, North Carolina

Minneapolis is a community located along US 19-E in Avery County, North Carolina.

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Montezuma, North Carolina

Montezuma is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

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Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States

Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow-gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah.

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Newland, North Carolina

Newland is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Highway 105

North Carolina Highway 105 (NC 105) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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North Carolina Highway 194

North Carolina Highway 194 (NC 194) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Pineola, North Carolina

Pineola is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina.

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Roan Mountain, Tennessee

Roan Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States.

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Simerly-Butler House

The Simerly-Butler House, also known as, the Butler Mansion, is a historic mansion in Hampton, Tennessee, USA.

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Southern Railway 630

Southern Railway No.

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Southern Railway 722

Southern Railway No.

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Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Tweetsie Railroad

Tweetsie Railroad is a family-oriented Wild West theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States.

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U.S. Route 19E

U.S. Route 19E (US 19E) is a divided highway of US 19 in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee.

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Vale, Avery County, North Carolina

Vale is an Unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

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Washington County, Tennessee

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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White Pass and Yukon Route

The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class II narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon.

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1881 in rail transport

No description.

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1950 in rail transport

No description.

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3 ft gauge railroads in the United States

This is a list of narrow-gauge railways in the United States.

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4-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the configuration of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_and_Western_North_Carolina_Railroad

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