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GSMRR No 1702 |
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A crowd of people stand around No 1702, who was absent for GSMRR's 2003 excursion season, but now fresh out of the Dillsboro shops and ready for action in 2004! |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:40:18 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
GSMRR No 1755 |
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If I recall correctly, this engine is a former GP7 rebuilt to GP9 specifications. 1755 is just tagging along for the westbound ride through the Tuckasegee River Valley and the beautiful western North Carolina countryside. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:41:39 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1755(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Rear of the No 1755 |
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Rear view of No 1755. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:42:59 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1755(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Gettin' antsy to go |
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The passengers have now boarded the train for the trip to Bryson City. This day they called the train the "American Freedom Train". Many Boy Scout troops boarded here to a Jamboree that was being held Darnell Farms, at milepost T-62.0 and highway US 19. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:45:17 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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| Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Steamin' out of town |
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No. 1702 is now underway and crosses the Webster Street crossing. The caboose behind 1702 is a generator car used to power the passenger cars. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:47:13 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Just tagging along |
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GSMRR No 1755 chills for the ride west as she passes through a switch under the highway US 23/441 overpass. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:48:35 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1755(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Farms and Rivers |
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No 1702 is now about 4 miles west of Dillsboro passing through farm country alongside the Tuckasegee River. This shot was taken from hwy US 74 and didnt go quite as planned as I meant to get it more toward the left before the trees. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:50:03 PM |
| Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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| Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
No 1702 |
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No 1702 passes through Whittier NC (MP T-57.4). The siding on the right is where the engine for the Saturday night dinner train runs around to return back to Dillsboro. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:51:42 PM |
| Location: |
Whittier, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Tuckasegee River |
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No 1702 crosses the thru truss bridge just west of Ela, NC. According to the book "Passage Through Time" by Micheal George and Frank Strack, this bridge was constructed in 1900 with a total of 652.5 feet in length. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:55:10 PM |
| Location: |
Ela, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
1702 |
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No 1702 passes past Ferguson Landing Field. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:56:47 PM |
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Bryson City, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
No 1702 is arriving |
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No 1702 is a few minutes tardy into town after a 15 minute stop at Darnell Farms so the Scouts could detrain for the Jamboree. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:58:26 PM |
| Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Layover |
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GSMRR crew members chat a bit while laying over in Bryson City. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Station |
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The station in Bryson City is very nice and neatly landscaped. The day I was here, a blue grass band was playing railroad tunes. I enjoy going to the GSMRR not just to see and ride the trains, but just to be around the festive atmosphere. GSMRR runs a class act. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/2/2004 12:00:41 AM |
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Bryson City, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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| Title: |
No 1702 meets "Lucky 7's" (No 777) |
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As No 1702 simmers on the mainline, No 777 pulls into the siding at Bryson City from its trip through the Nantahala Gorge and by Fontana Lake. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/2/2004 12:01:43 AM |
| Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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GSMR 777(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Corn cars |
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This is the first time I have ever seen covered hoppers at the Parker-Reichman grain elevator in Andrews. Only two cars were there, a CEFX car and a former N&W car. I think this place can take in as many as six cars, when that happens, one GSMRR GP 9 can take a cut of only 3 cars from Nantahala to Topton up the extreamly steep Red Marble Grade. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/2/2004 12:03:25 AM |
| Location: |
Andrews, NC |
| Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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| Title: |
Faded Milepost 99 |
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Milepost 99 has definatly seen better days as both sides are extremely faded out. This station used to be fairly active up into about 1999 or 2000. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/2/2004 12:04:47 AM |
| Location: |
Andrews, NC |
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Carter Buchanan |
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| Title: |
Andrews Station |
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The Andrews depot pictured is a replacement for another station that was located on this same site many years ago. GSMRR used to originate excursions here as well for trips down Red Marble grade to milepost 80 at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. I asked a GSMRR employee in Bryson City why they no longer run out of here and he stated "The ridership just wasn't there, also, we don't have enough equipment to operate in the peak season to run the trains (two runs per day) out of Bryson City and Dillsboro.". Oddly, I have ridden the whole line from Andrews to Dillsboro and the Andrews to N.O.C. portion is my favorite. Maybe one day the trains will return, but for now is limited only to two photo special trains that will run the entire line on May 23rd and Sept. 12th, 2004. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/2/2004 12:05:53 AM |
| Location: |
Andrews, NC |
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Carter Buchanan |
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