Former Erie Mining Company F9 4210 does eastbound duties on the Nantahala Gorge Excursion.
On a snowy night the GSMR Bryson City car sits in downtown Bryson City waiting the night for tomorrow's excursion.
Its bright smokebox contrasting nicely with the red, black, and gold adorning the engine, GSMR 1702 leads the 1pm gorge train into the Nantahala Outdoor Center on a bright fall day.
Peeking out from between the shadows cast by the bright fall foliage, GSMR 1702 skirts by Fontana Lake with a long train of passengers enjoying the excellent scenery.
Its bright smokebox shining in the afternoon sun, GSMR 1702 gallops down the jointed-rail, kudzu-lined Murphy Branch.
GSMR GP38-3 2668 and GP38-2 2335, built for the L&N and Frisco, respectively, ease the morning train to a stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, where passengers will have a short layover to check ... (more)
Looking exactly like a miniature version of Southern 2716, the GSMR's smartly-dressed Consolidation pulls a long train of tourists along Fontana Lake. Passengers will be delighted on this fall day... (more)
Its steam and smoke lingering overhead on this cold morning, GSMR 1702 has a long train in tow as it negotiates the former Southern Murphy Branch in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. ... (more)
At daybreak, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702, stunningly looking more like Southern Railway 2716 (and hopefully retaining this look for several years), barks over the Tuckasegee River with a l... (more)
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad 1702 muscles back west towards Bryson City.
Great Smoky Mountain Railroad's newest locomotive and first F unit, sits in the Bryson City yard wearing a "Polar Express" banner.
Great Smoky Mountains 2-8-0 leads the westbound train bound for the NOC across the Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, NC.
Fall peak has arrived in western North Carolina as Great Smoky Mountains 2-8-0 #1702 heads west out of Bryson City with the railroad’s ever popular Nantahala Gorge Excursion.
GSMR 2335 and GSMR 2467 head west towards the Nantahala Outdoor Center with their scenic passenger train.
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702 leading the Nantahala Gorge Excursion in the Nantahala Gorge