Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is a heritage railroad in North Carolina with a depot in Bryson City. The railroad operates over the western leg of the "Murphy Branch", a former branch line of the Southern Railway.

The railroad has an operational steam locomotive, 2-8-0 Consolidation #1702; another steam locomotive, #722 is currently being restored for operational service. There are also 4 diesel-electric locomotives, GP9 #711, #777, #1751 and #1755.

The route of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad passes through fertile valleys, through a tunnel and across river gorges in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. In addition to running tourist excursions year-round, the railroad also moves freight on its own tracks between Dillsboro and Andrews. GSMR interchanges with Norfolk Southern Railway in Sylva near Jackson Paper Company. In 2003, the railroad ran 963 excursions.

The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is owned by American Heritage Railways, which is the parent company of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

The Dillsboro leg of the excursion has been closed, with cars and equipment moved to Byrson City.

Towns and attractions served

* Dillsboro
* Bryson City
* Andrews
* The Nantahala Outdoor Center

Popular culture

The famous train wreck scene in the 1993 Warner Brothers blockbuster movie "The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones was filmed in Dillsboro along the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. The wreckage set can still be viewed on outbound train excursions from Dillsboro.

The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad was also used in the filming of 1996 Warner Brothers comedy "My Fellow Americans" starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner when they stumble on to a charter train full of UNC-Chapel Hill fans headed for the NCAA Final Four.

Train scenes in the 1998 DreamWorks SKG film "Forces of Nature" starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock were also filmed on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.

ee also

*List of heritage railroads in the United States

External links

* [http://www.gsmr.com/ Great Smoky Mountains Railroad website]
* [http://www.raileventsinc.com/ American Heritage Railways website]


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