Just east of Whittier, 1702 steams by, in a hurry to make a ceremony for her return in Bryson City. She wouldn't make it though, over heating a bearing just a few miles away, cutting short her mai... (more)
"SHE BARKS" After 12 years rusting in the North Carolina mountains, the air is once again pierced by the sound of her whistle and smell of her smoke.
Bikers doing the "Dragon" up to Deel's Gap run parallel to the tourist train in the Gorge.
GSMR 1702 awaits rebuilding.
GSMR's ex-US Army/Reader Baldwin Consolidation 1702 leads an excursion out of Dillsboro to Bryson City along the scenic Tuckasegee River; the locomotive has been in the shop for firebox work since... (more)
Where the rubber meets the road? Detail shot of 2-8-0 running gear. Camera - Mamiya RB67 / Film Kodak 400VC
Misty morning mountain departure. Canon EOS; Kodachrome
Exhaust almost straight up as little consol climbs up from Bryson City. Canon EOS; Kodachrome
Westbound out of Bryson City; Canon EOS; Kodachrome
1702's whistle, a copy of that used on a Southern Railway Ps4
Great Smoky Mountains 1702 poses with Southern 2601, visiting from NCTM for Railfest 2004.