I am from Murphy NC. I rode this train when I was a kid. I cannot wait to take my wife and 6 year old daughter. They have a steam engine & diesel engine to choose from. Glad to see things haven't changed much. Its a wonderful experience
The very best part of our trips up from South Carolina! Make sure to ride in the outdoor cars so you can really experience the environment close-up. October is the best time to go, for us.
Nova Husko, to me, there is no prettier place in this country! It's just a couple hours' drive from my home in South Carolina. One day soon, that area will be my home!
Actually, the scenic ride used to begin in Sylva, NC when I lived there in 1992. We took the ride from there west into the mountains and it was very scenic, the water clear, the birds and fish plentiful, and the black bears didn't even notice the train. That was a good trip to break the monotony of living in a mountain community. You seldom can enjoy living in a tourist trap that is the playland of Atlanta, GA unless you play the tourist yourself once in a while.
I saw the footage from that train wreck site and within 3 seconds knew it was THE FUGITIVE set. They used the heck out of that location. I had no idea that was filmed over there. That’s super cool. Nice perk of the train ride 👍🏼
Thank you The Great Smokey Moutains Railroad for having me i love trains i wish there was one in my city i could ride but thers just cars maybe after the pandemic is over ill come out to the smokey moutain railroad and ride it
When you go through the tunnel the train almost scrapes the jagged walls this is a real train ride,not cheap but it's a bucket list item my daughter and I really liked it,great scenery
Always loved this , when I was little the Norfolk Southern would run excursions past my house everyday and I would sit at the Tito Siding and wait for the steamers and Coal trains to fly past .
Have some family that moved to TN not just too long ago. The house; which is *HUGE* sits on several acres off to itself (on a mountain top) with no neighbors anywhere nearby. They send me pictures of the place from time-to-time - _I think to make this old city boy jealous - and it works - because I am_ - lol.
Bryson City, Cherokee NC, that side of the park is such a different experience from the Tennessee side of the park. There is a whole lot of nothing, lots of peace and quiet if you are into that. Personally I love the hustle/bustle of Gatlinburg, mainly that you can walk everywhere in town. Yet hop in your car and within an hour drive there are some really remote places you can hike. Piegon Forge/Sevierville, screw those towns, I live in strip mall city, in gridlock, in traffic, I ain't doing that bullshit on my vacation. When I vacation in that part of the world, I drive weird routes to avoid that gridlock tourist trap.
What's disappointing about these places and countryside is - tourism has taken away all of natures natural beauty. Can you imagine how special and beautiful countryside like this must have been to those that didn't see hundreds of other people looking at it with you too!?
Yep, those intagrammers with their videos are luring people to the most remote places. What I do: enjoy the scenery and nature, but tell noboby where to find it.
@@lbbradley55 the feds are buying up land in the south to preserve the landscape to prevent yankees from coming down here and trashing up this area like they did in the shithole north the area up there is filthy
@@kyleholmesWROM589 How about that. First I have heard of this. Well I hope you are right. ! I was born in 1961 so I remember this area here in Mobile Co. Al. so I seen many changes. But nothing like my parents who are still living. I spent me young yrs Growing up Hunting & Fishing were we could just go out & Enjoy our selves and nobody ever ask us anything. Now there's no place to do anything. It's hard to think how much it changed. It's hard to call this America any longer My Grandchildren have no civil liberties Left...
yes and I live in historical Canton North Carolina home to the mountains of the great Smokies and I love living here at the great Smokies cuz there's a lot to find like a lot of history to as for the railroad now I love railroading picture emblem on my text is a picture of Blue Ridge Southern who runs the Norfolk Southern line in Canton North Carolina and I've been to lake Fontana and Bryson City Railroad like Fontana is actually might like where do we go for the summer where we go fishing and stay the night at The boathouse and we've road do it Bryson City rail line sometimes it's an enjoyment especially through the national Park and not only that that used to be a freight line as well before some rich guy's bought this out as a passenger line now they're also saying that the Andrews and Murphy line is going to be reopened and turned into a freight route
Blue Ridge Southern Railfanning WOW! That was a lot of information in ONE sentence! 😂😂 Not a single period in that whole paragraph of info!! 😂😂 Good info but hard to understand.
I have gone to the fugitive train wreak without having to use this railroad and we went in the trains and took some pics (I can’t show them because they were on my dads phone)
Please check and see if the railroad tracks are flat and level as required for the efficiency of the engine to perform properly and carry the load with minimal power for the steel tracks and steel wheels that can't handle any grades. Thanks for the beautiful scenery.
A trip to Fontana dam is an awesome experience. It’s truly massive, the largest damn east of the Rocky Mountains. Power from Fontana Dam supplied Oak Ridge TN when Oak Ridge didn’t officially exist.
For seemingly no reason, firemen of tourist steam trains have a thing of sending billowing smoke of bituminous coal skyward. Waste of fuel, health hazard, and vista blockage. Besides feeding coal more slowly, there are ways to admit more secondary air.
Here’s our time machine BRENNON RILEY. And I returned your ticket for us to ride . Guess you didn’t want that time machine as bad as you said you did . 💔🚂🚂💔😢😢
Daniel Daniel's, yes, you can and if you ride in the open-air cars, you can go inside to use the restroom and buy something to eat and drink and take it back outside with you. I'm so glad we rode in the outdoor cars. You really experience all of the sights, smells and feelings of the incredible natural beauty. We were there in October the last time and there is a scent that permeates the entire area from Maggie Valley to Bryson City during the Fall. I asked some locals what the incredible earthy, musky smell was and they all said it is the apple orchards. We live smack dab in the middle of 5,000 acres of peach orchards and I can tell you that it never smells like that! You really won't be sorry if you ride this train. I think my husband and I enjoyed it even more than our three granddaughters did.
@@suzannerodriguez8600 so again, first class can go out into the open box car and vice versa? We are so excited to go on this ride! Just wanna pick the right car to ride.
Chris Edwards I beg to differ there are tons of videos that prove ghosts exist but if you don't believe in ghosts you have your opinion. Just saying. Have a good day anyways
I hope that bridge has had some work done on it like scraping the rust and a coat of paint! It sure looked rusty to me from what I could see on the video. If ya'll going to keep that railroad going (without accidents) then ya'll better take care of not only the locomotive but also the bridges, the track, the tunnel etc.
Just an observation. Not really negative. Bridges and overpasses are neglected to the point of failure all over America. It's a valid point. People forget about the most basic maintenance issues.
It was built in the late 1880's using African American convicts that were "rented" labor. Forced to live in horrific conditions. Convicted of petty crimes (being out at night) but imprisoned for felonies due to the "black code". 19 African american men ranging in ages 15 to 52 died and were buried in an unmarked ditch. The water that drips from the tunnel is to be their tears..
