I thought P51 would like to see this.Pretty interesting look at the ET&WNC during ww2.
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Thank you for posting this wonderful video. Seeing all the great scenery and cliff edge track work could make a model railroader want to model it. I can see why so many are called to go the narrow gauge route.
As a native North Carolinaian, although from the Eastern part of the state, I remember as a child of 9 or 10 the excitement of the Tweetsie Railroad being built in Boone and that a steam engine would gain a new life. Although not the same as the ET&WNC 60 miles of track, I still think of it as a State treasure. I would be 16 years old before I got to ride on the Tweetsie RR in 1962 but it was the first train I ever rode and I could not have been more excited.
Don't know where you found this video but I appreciate you sharing it.
Happy railroading,
Don
That's a commercial video produced by the ET&WNC historical society, in two parts. One part was taken in 1943 and the second in 1949.
Its one of the best historical records of this line on film.
So good that this gets shared, reminding people in the hobby that narrow gauge railroads aren't exclusive to Colorado and New Mexico...
DGJONES posted:Thank you for posting this wonderful video. Seeing all the great scenery and cliff edge track work could make a model railroader want to model it. I can see why so many are called to go the narrow gauge route.
As a native North Carolinaian, although from the Eastern part of the state, I remember as a child of 9 or 10 the excitement of the Tweetsie Railroad being built in Boone and that a steam engine would gain a new life. Although not the same as the ET&WNC 60 miles of track, I still think of it as a State treasure. I would be 16 years old before I got to ride on the Tweetsie RR in 1962 but it was the first train I ever rode and I could not have been more excited.
Don't know where you found this video but I appreciate you sharing it.
Happy railroading,
Don
Fred kirby turned me onto tweetie.In jr high I took a trip to grandfather mountain.We went by tweetie I saw the train.I am glad you liked it.
p51 posted:That's a commercial video produced by the ET&WNC historical society, in two parts. One part was taken in 1943 and the second in 1949.
Its one of the best historical records of this line on film.
So good that this gets shared, reminding people in the hobby that narrow gauge railroads aren't exclusive to Colorado and New Mexico...
Glad you liked it.I recall bachmann had a redio controled g gauge train set.I thought about getting one.But I was in h.o. at the time.Still it was a good model thou.I just did not know those grads were that steep.But that 4-6-0 pulled its train.Pretty country side to.Made me think of disneys casey jr.I bet ward kimball would have loved tweetie.
All of Bachmann's Large Scale Ten-wheelers are based on that same engine--there are probably as many out there as Lionel Santa Fe F3s, 6 (or is it 7?) generations of them so far.
And, of course, they have made it in On30, too.
I enjoyed it very much as well. Being born in Johnson city and now retired and living back in Erwin it's great to watch as a reminder of the importance of trains in general to this area of Tennessee.
Ironically , lately I have been on the hunt for every Bachmann G scale ET & WNC engine and car I can find for a small outside layout.
Just for the fun of running them in East Tennessee.
Additionally reading Tweetsie Country, by Mallory Hope Ferrell. Good book.
Again thanks.
Larry
Does that/those films show pictures of the over and under covered bridge? Mentioned tweetsie hist. soc. has good photos of that bridge? Shame the reincarnation was not over some of its old roadbed.
colorado hirailer posted:Does that/those films show pictures of the over and under covered bridge? Mentioned tweetsie hist. soc. has good photos of that bridge? Shame the reincarnation was not over some of its old roadbed.
If you mean the covered truss bridge, the first crossing of the Doe River, there are some shots of that, yes. There's the covered bridge at Hampton, soon after the other bridge (with a tunnel in between), yeah, that's on the film as well. Google will find you photos of each.
It's a great video, well worth the price if you're into the subject! You can buy it here.
Cool, Half expected Lee to make an appearance.
suzukovich posted:Cool, Half expected Lee to make an appearance.
Imagine my surprise when I saw the subject of the thread! 
