Is the concrete bridge in the washout photos a highway bridge? Or was that the RR bridge? - Rae in J.C.

I don't guess any of the railroad bridges were concrete? All the ones I can think of are metal or wood. - Rae in J.C.

http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/johnson_city_commissions_meeting_about_future_of_tweetsie_trail/12212/ JC Leaders Up Bid For "Tweetsie Trail" By Josh Smith <jsmith@...> Anchor / W

From The Watauga Democrat at http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2008/0804/0806countyoks.php Tweetsie Railroad The [Watauga County Board of Commissioners] kept on track in their Tweetsie Railroad economic

There used to be a Hillbilly World billboard in Lynn Garden (Kingsport area) in the late '70s. -- Rae in JC

I drive through Duffield, Va., 2-3 times a month, and I only just last month noticed a car bearing the ET&WNC at the informal depot museum there on US-23 even though I've driven past hundreds of times

"3:10 to Blevins"?

Updated September 29, 2008 09:58:31 AM North Carolina to buy Grandfather Mountain The Associated Press LINVILLE, N.C. (AP) _ North Carolina is buying Grandfather Mountain and about 2,600 surrounding a

Someone posted a few months ago about the uncovering of the Bee Hive department store facade in Johnson City (which is looking good, btw). The Press has a story today about the Bee Hive, which closed

http://johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=66139 Updated December 09, 2008 09:41:15 PM Issue of railroad maintenance heads to municipal court By John Thompson NEWSROOM Discuss This Articl

That link brings up the EBT pictures. I think this link should be ET&WNC http://photoswest.org:8080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?resultsScreen+11894+1+10+16 - Rae in Johnson City

From the Johnson City Press: Updated January 08, 2009 10:45:32 PM Railroad case place on hold for two weeks By John Thompson NEWSROOM ELIZABETHTON � The operations manager of East Tennessee Railway wa

Are these the tracks which parallel NC hwy 80 south leaving Micaville for a little ways? We go that way en route to Mt. Mitchell. - Rae Augenstein Hickory Springs furniture plant. >

The husband and I were in Maggie Valley about a month ago and went by Ghost Town in the off chance their souvenir store would be open (it wasn't). The park was closed for around five years. Some of th

Here's an article and photo from the JC Press. http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/09/News/article.php?ID=68294 - Rae Augenstein

Took a drive last Sunday and ended up in Hiltons, Va., where I photographed a ET&WNC truck trailer. There's also a depot (relocated from Duffield, Va.) and an interesting coach sitting there rusting o

Thanks everyone for the background info on the Hiltons items. My dad remembers when the tourist railroad was there but just missed riding it one day by THISMUCH he says. We were very barely able to ma

I noticed a FOR SALE ad for the depot on CraigsList a couple weeks ago with an asking price of $495k. It will be interesting to see what the depot goes for at the foreclosure sale. - Rae in Johnson Ci

John Barden�s miniature Tweetsie locomotive is an operational boiler-run engine that travels down a small track. It has a seat on top of the first passenger car so Barden can sit on the train as it ch

http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/future_of_old_tweetsie_line_still_uncertain_johnson_city_could_learn_railro/34801/ Future of �Old Tweetsie Line� still uncertain Nate Morabito/11 Conne