Record #:

9097

Author(s):

Dunn, Michael J., III

Abstract:

Commonly called Tweetsie, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad was the narrow-gauge common-carrier railroad that once ran from Boone into Tennessee. It was one of the last steam rails in the country, and was almost the last narrow-gauge freight road when its last track was taken out of North Carolina in 1950 due to annual operating losses.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 2, July 1976, p9-11, il

Subject(s):

Railroads--History