Great Smoky Mountain's Railway All Aboard 1992 Gleefull Production's American Alta Vista It Is Great Watching The Magic & Majesty of The North Carolina Mountain's It Great To See GSMR #1702 Return To Steam For The First Time In Over Thirty Years She Came From The Reader Railroad In Reader Arkansas 😊😊😊🚂🚂🚂
There is one point on the East side of red marble mountain where the Graham country railroad used to connect to the railway. Also the tunnel at milepost 95 is now called the rondo tunnel.
Just up from Dillsboro toward Franklin is my family's summer property, which my grandparents bought in the late 1960s. My grandfather and grandmother would have family reunions there in the summers when they would come up from Florida.
this is truly worth watching i love it because so much of the rolling stock was not yet painted as in the now ex N&W caboose and the ex Southern railway caboose and one of the diesels still was a high hood back then this is true railroad nostalgia and history wrapped in one truly beautiful railroad
This will probably be my favorite tourist railroad of all time. Every year my grandparents would take me up here for a few days during the summer to ride the train. It was always such a great experience.
I was so happy that they brought back 1702. I started going pretty soon after it was taken out of service. Every year i'd go, i'd be hoping that the next year they would finally restore it, and they finally did.
I've ridden this line a couple of times in the past and had amazing trips each time. Hate that they did away with the red, yellow and blue scheme, the maroon and gold isn't the same.
when she first arrived at the GSMR, 1702 had a pneumatic bell. I believe in 1993 they stopped using the pneumatic bell when they changed the bell mount I believe this is also when she received her Southern style number plate.
Between 1988 and 1999 it was most likely volunteer and known as Great Smoky Mountains Railway. In 1999, American Heritage Railways bought it, made it for-profit as the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.
Wish GSMR would have gotten the rest of the Murphy Branch when Norfolk Southern sold the Asheville-Dillsboro portion in July 2014 to Watco/Blue Ridge Southern. At least there would have been Balsam Mountain excursions toward Waynesville or Canton. Too much freight traffic to the paper mill at Canton though, normally 2 round trips between Asheville and Canton a day to that place.
If the Norfolk southern railway had purchased the entire Murphy branch line then we would see the railway system operate mixed rail traffic in the dillsboro to Murphy part of the line as the railway system would make freight runs there during times that they don't operate passenger trains at which point the railway system would operate freight trains to various industries along the Murphy branch.
I wish the great smoky mountains railroad had purchased the entire Murphy branch too so we’d get to see passenger trains more frequently than freight trains.
Say no more. The prayers to those that want 722 to come back is here! She is starting to be reassembled and get her rusted parts replaced or remade. They expect to have 722 operational by the year 2026.
Pretty cool but sad to see their GP9 #200 in this... it ended up on an Indiana shortline not long after this video and then at the Indiana Transportation Museum. ITM was kicked out of Noblesville in 2018 and all equipment on the property that wasn't claimed by any new owners was scrapped by the city. Far as I know, 200 is still sitting back there abandoned, but I have no idea if it has an owner who plans on moving it or not. Some equipment was just bought by auction companies to save it from being scrapped on the spot, but the fate beyond that for any equipment could go any direction.
It is nit-picking I know but I rode this line in 2010 or 11 and the Murphy to Andrews section had been abandoned. It is a shame this production was not put together in an orderly and continuous manner. Several times the locations were not accurate or in consecutive order. There were several different days trains assembled to represent one train and trip. The 1702 was built for the US Army Transportation Corps but was not sent overseas. After the war it was sold to the Warren and Saline River RR in Arkansas then went to the Reader RR in Arkansas where it was rebuilt and used there until the Reader shut down when it went to the GSM RR. The GSM rebuilt it with roller bearings on the axles. It is also a shame the old Graham County RR from a connection at Topton to Robinsville was abandoned in 1971 or 72. The GC RR used two shays for the grade out of Topton which was about 8%. My wife and I saw it when we honeymooned in the area in May 1971 and one of the Shays was under steam in anticipation of a prospective buyer. This was the Bear Creek Scenic then.
hornhospital That's great to hear! I hope they come out with a new edition of this program. This was the only way I could share the amazing coverage of this railroad with the world, since the hard VHS copies are completely non-existent today. -Drayton
GreenMeadowMagic I rode in 1702s cab this past summer and Tony Franklin permitted me to help put water in the boiler, maintain the pressure, pour sand into the flues, keep the floor clean and check down the tracks. During the maneuver at the NOC I did some bell ringing.
Delay in Block Productions: Actually, the version you have is probably better than current days in my opinion, neat to see the GSMR in their early days!
Sounds like the good old days. Today they are down to just 2, Jackson and Cherokee (formerly County) wI he heavyweight Swain Country being sold along with one other heavyweight. Mainly lightweights today.
Delay In Block Productions Actually, They still use the line between Nantahala and Andrews on certain ocassions. Every year during their motorcar events, They typically offer Motorcar runs from the Nantahala Outdoor Center to Andrews
I really wish they had never abandoned the part of the railroad tracks between the Nantahala gorge train route and Murphy too. We would have been able to see passenger trains on that part of the great smoky mountains railroad, at least initially. I never saw the scenery from the red marble gap and valley river excursions by train before and I wish I could see the scenery from both trains some time soon.
There are a lot of younger groups out there preserving railroad history. Check out C&O 2716's CZcams Channel. Everyone in their board is under the age of 40.
11:30 These crossings were converted into gates and I also regret to say that these once beautiful bulb lights have been replaced by these so called state of the art LED lights. They should keep LED lights for roads near industrial plants, really busy highways, or the ones on the hillsides, but put the original bulb lights back on some of the others near the small villages or on country roads.
Steampunk1993 - Seems like all railroads are converting to LED's, NS has been last to follow recently. The crossing seen at 11:30 isn't that old in the film, those style cantilevers were common beginning in late 70's through 90's, Safetrans I believe, and many still are all over NS's ex Southern lines. The portion NS owned from Dillsboro to Asheville installed a lot of gates in the 2000's and 2010's before selling it to Watco in July 2014 (owner of the Blue Ridge Southern that took over the rest of the Murphy Branch) still has lots of the bulb lights that are fairly new crossings with gates. I dispatched the line at times as part of NS's Asheville desk before the branch was sold in 2014, wish GSMR had gotten the line but dunno if they wanted the heavy freight business that the paper mill in Canton generated since they are more tourist oriented, would have been nice to have Balsam Mountain excursions since we had a steep grade our local ran on and turned up retainers to go down the mountain to Sylva/Dillsboro.
Great Smoky Mountain's Railway All Aboard 1992 Gleefull Production's American Alta Vista It Is Great Watching The Magic & Majesty of The North Carolina Mountain's It Great To See GSMR #1702 Return To Steam For The First Time In Over Thirty Years She Came From The Reader Railroad In Reader Arkansas 😊😊😊🚂🚂🚂
My grandparents live in Bryson City and served on the Chamber of Commerce in that time period and helped with the Railroad.
There is one point on the East side of red marble mountain where the Graham country railroad used to connect to the railway. Also the tunnel at milepost 95 is now called the rondo tunnel.
Just up from Dillsboro toward Franklin is my family's summer property, which my grandparents bought in the late 1960s. My grandfather and grandmother would have family reunions there in the summers when they would come up from Florida.
awesome video. i was 9 years old when this video came out. this is very cool.
this is truly worth watching i love it because so much of the rolling stock was not yet painted as in the now ex N&W caboose and the ex Southern railway caboose and one of the diesels still was a high hood back then this is true railroad nostalgia and history wrapped in one truly beautiful railroad
This Is Great Watching The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad GSMRR #1702 I Love You 🚂🚂🚂😊😊😊💕💕💕💖💖😘😘😘☺️☺️☺️😊😊😀😀😀🚂
This will probably be my favorite tourist railroad of all time. Every year my grandparents would take me up here for a few days during the summer to ride the train. It was always such a great experience.
nktrain64 Mine, too. GSMR is just an amazing stretch of railroad. I love western North Carolina and honestly wish I just lived there.
I was so happy that they brought back 1702. I started going pretty soon after it was taken out of service. Every year i'd go, i'd be hoping that the next year they would finally restore it, and they finally did.
It’s a shame that this 6 chime steam whistle is gone
Amazing scenery.
This is so cool to watch! I went there in 2015 or 16 and went on an excursion. Thank you for sharing this!
I've ridden this line a couple of times in the past and had amazing trips each time. Hate that they did away with the red, yellow and blue scheme, the maroon and gold isn't the same.
Nice video, thanks for sharing another amazing piece!
Used to watch this vhs as a kid
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24:36 is the road where we get to my grandparents. It has a mirror now attached to the bridge so you can see incoming traffic
From 1990 until 2000 I travel with a trctor tralier from Clevend TN to I40 and use to wave to the people on the trail. It was always neat.
Hate they don't still have this paint scheme, I liked it better that the brown and gold that they have now!!
when she first arrived at the GSMR, 1702 had a pneumatic bell. I believe in 1993 they stopped using the pneumatic bell when they changed the bell mount I believe this is also when she received her Southern style number plate.
Very cool!
I plan to ride 1702 and chase it next spring
I rode behind 1702 to andrews when I was tiny lol. Didn’t happen often at all. Now the line is not in use.
Between 1988 and 1999 it was most likely volunteer and known as Great Smoky Mountains Railway. In 1999, American Heritage Railways bought it, made it for-profit as the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.
I never saw their CF7, I barely remember the power I saw when I was a kid riding that. I plan to chase them next month.
Wish GSMR would have gotten the rest of the Murphy Branch when Norfolk Southern sold the Asheville-Dillsboro portion in July 2014 to Watco/Blue Ridge Southern. At least there would have been Balsam Mountain excursions toward Waynesville or Canton. Too much freight traffic to the paper mill at Canton though, normally 2 round trips between Asheville and Canton a day to that place.
If the Norfolk southern railway had purchased the entire Murphy branch line then we would see the railway system operate mixed rail traffic in the dillsboro to Murphy part of the line as the railway system would make freight runs there during times that they don't operate passenger trains at which point the railway system would operate freight trains to various industries along the Murphy branch.
I wish the great smoky mountains railroad had purchased the entire Murphy branch too so we’d get to see passenger trains more frequently than freight trains.
6:15 - Imagine the sweat and work required to dig the Cowee Tunnel out from that hard rock.
@Ariel Gerardo Definitely, been using InstaFlixxer for months myself =)
I really want 722 to get in operation
Say no more. The prayers to those that want 722 to come back is here! She is starting to be reassembled and get her rusted parts replaced or remade. They expect to have 722 operational by the year 2026.
Pretty cool but sad to see their GP9 #200 in this... it ended up on an Indiana shortline not long after this video and then at the Indiana Transportation Museum. ITM was kicked out of Noblesville in 2018 and all equipment on the property that wasn't claimed by any new owners was scrapped by the city. Far as I know, 200 is still sitting back there abandoned, but I have no idea if it has an owner who plans on moving it or not. Some equipment was just bought by auction companies to save it from being scrapped on the spot, but the fate beyond that for any equipment could go any direction.
Good news! 200 is happily saved by the Nickel Plate Express in Noblesville, Indiana.
Didn’t all three wooden gondola covered open cars get scrapped?? I know two of them have been cut up
It is nit-picking I know but I rode this line in 2010 or 11 and the Murphy to Andrews section had been abandoned. It is a shame this production was not put together in an orderly and continuous manner. Several times the locations were not accurate or in consecutive order. There were several different days trains assembled to represent one train and trip. The 1702 was built for the US Army Transportation Corps but was not sent overseas. After the war it was sold to the Warren and Saline River RR in Arkansas then went to the Reader RR in Arkansas where it was rebuilt and used there until the Reader shut down when it went to the GSM RR. The GSM rebuilt it with roller bearings on the axles.
It is also a shame the old Graham County RR from a connection at Topton to Robinsville was abandoned in 1971 or 72. The GC RR used two shays for the grade out of Topton which was about 8%. My wife and I saw it when we honeymooned in the area in May 1971 and one of the Shays was under steam in anticipation of a prospective buyer. This was the Bear Creek Scenic then.
1925 is in Spencer, NC right?
American AltaVista is still around. At least Bob Lohne is still selling his videos produced by that company (his company).
hornhospital That's great to hear! I hope they come out with a new edition of this program. This was the only way I could share the amazing coverage of this railroad with the world, since the hard VHS copies are completely non-existent today. -Drayton
GreenMeadowMagic I rode in 1702s cab this past summer and Tony Franklin permitted me to help put water in the boiler, maintain the pressure, pour sand into the flues, keep the floor clean and check down the tracks. During the maneuver at the NOC I did some bell ringing.
Delay in Block Productions: Actually, the version you have is probably better than current days in my opinion, neat to see the GSMR in their early days!
the old steamer is not even struggling with its train
Took an excursion out of Dillsboro around 2003. The consist was several heavy weight Pullman cars. Great time.
Sounds like the good old days. Today they are down to just 2, Jackson and Cherokee (formerly County) wI he heavyweight Swain Country being sold along with one other heavyweight. Mainly lightweights today.
Was it steam or diesel
I rode Crown Class in 2002, coach in 2016, and 1702s cab in 2017.
Is that a dulcimer?
Where was engine number 1702 built?
30:12 a rare CF7
What group provided the background music to the videos?
I wonder why they stop the two other executions between Murthy and the outdoor center
It's a shame that they abandoned the portion between Murphy and Nantahala.
Thomas Weekley It really is.
The 1992 video is celebrating its' 25th Anniversary! 1992-2017
Delay In Block Productions Actually, They still use the line between Nantahala and Andrews on certain ocassions. Every year during their motorcar events, They typically offer Motorcar runs from the Nantahala Outdoor Center to Andrews
I meant that one of my greatest wishes for the Railroad is that, maybe someday, service on the GSMR returns to Murphy again. But alas one can dream.
I really wish they had never abandoned the part of the railroad tracks between the Nantahala gorge train route and Murphy too. We would have been able to see passenger trains on that part of the great smoky mountains railroad, at least initially. I never saw the scenery from the red marble gap and valley river excursions by train before and I wish I could see the scenery from both trains some time soon.
What's going to happen to all these rail museums when older generations disappear and it's just us few young railfanners?
There are a lot of younger groups out there preserving railroad history. Check out C&O 2716's CZcams Channel. Everyone in their board is under the age of 40.
11:30 These crossings were converted into gates and I also regret to say that these once beautiful bulb lights have been replaced by these so called state of the art LED lights. They should keep LED lights for roads near industrial plants, really busy highways, or the ones on the hillsides, but put the original bulb lights back on some of the others near the small villages or on country roads.
Delay In Block Productions great to here
Steampunk1993 - Seems like all railroads are converting to LED's, NS has been last to follow recently. The crossing seen at 11:30 isn't that old in the film, those style cantilevers were common beginning in late 70's through 90's, Safetrans I believe, and many still are all over NS's ex Southern lines. The portion NS owned from Dillsboro to Asheville installed a lot of gates in the 2000's and 2010's before selling it to Watco in July 2014 (owner of the Blue Ridge Southern that took over the rest of the Murphy Branch) still has lots of the bulb lights that are fairly new crossings with gates. I dispatched the line at times as part of NS's Asheville desk before the branch was sold in 2014, wish GSMR had gotten the line but dunno if they wanted the heavy freight business that the paper mill in Canton generated since they are more tourist oriented, would have been nice to have Balsam Mountain excursions since we had a steep grade our local ran on and turned up retainers to go down the mountain to Sylva/Dillsboro.
Who did 1751 belong to before it went to great smokey?
Reading Area Railfan The Reader Railroad. Type in Reader Railroad steam locomotive sound and it will blow you away.
@@DelayInBlockProductions i ment the GP20
Fremont & Elkhorn City RR in Nebraska operated 1702 since the 1980s.
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