Hey Guys, Just another thought as I wind down for the afternoon - not to imply again that I know much about anything in running a locomotive - but one of the things I have done is spend 15 summers dri

Hi Eric, Again........didn't mean to come off as knowing much of anything. Just that little taste makes me more aware of what the locomotives are having to do at Tweetsie and wondering how the enginee

Thanks for the answer Tim........you didn't sound arrogant at all and I recognize that my just short of two-hour joyride wasn't at all like being the man every trip, every day. I could tell that Al wa

After another visit to Tweetsie yesterday and seeing (as well as riding) #12 fly out of town a number of times, I've been wondering what parts of the loop are the most fun to run? What presents the bi

Hey Jerry, You and Julie home already? Somehow I had the idea that you guys weren't flying back until tomorrow (Saturday). Thanks for the great report. I hope to hear more about your trip and see the

I'd be interested in having this footage on DVD and would be willing to pay $12.00 for it.   David

Arrived in Mars Hill, NC today as well.

What's funny is that Jerry Ledford rode with me over the mountain to ETSU that night and as we sat there watching the film I asked him "Do you think we'll be lucky enough to see a band?" and ten secon

Hi Eric, I sure will. I thought I'd send an email inquiring either this evening (Sunday) or tomorrow. Today is strange because the brass band I play in is doing a concert in Highlands. It's an annual

Hey Eric, Seems like it was in the 15 minute range more-or-less (they showed several other films that night....). I'm thinking that the footage may have been shot by the same folks who were no doubt t

As fate would have it, #1 is enshrined in the B&O Museum in Baltimore. I visited her there a couple of years ago! David pstabovitz <pstabovitz@...> wrote: That reminds me about one trip I ha

Hi Eric, There is a BW film in the archives at ETSU that they showed on the February 'Tweetsie Film Night' at ETSU back in 2006 (or was it 2005?). The film was shot about October 1938 and shows studen

You can leave out the football - I'd be just as happy with the trains and fried chicken! Speaking of - we took the budding railfan to Tweetsie this morning. All she could talk about all the way up was

This is great news to start my day with. Thanks for sharing. As for the one naysayer quoted, I can think of many more outrageous ways to spend tax monies. This makes sense for the continued strength o

I can attest for how stunning the original looked at Hickory. It sure would look awesome framed and hanging over my fireplace!!!!! Didn't you say that this print was going to be used for a Christmas C

Ohhhhh, Then I did see the exotic dancer. She turned out to be MY 2 and 1/2 year old. She likes Thomas.......a lot. David Bill Blomgren <billblomgren@...> wrote: You weren't looking hard enough!

It was a great show......my wife, 2 and 1/2 year old daughter, and I attended. Saw some nice models, picked up some info on the Clinchfield Historical Society, and bought a few small goodies. NOW I'm

Now a replica of the Cranberry Depot, on-the-other-hand, would look very nice. I vote for that! johnnyetwnc <johnnyg@...> wrote: Well, speaking as someone who did arrange to move a building.....

This is very sad.....particularly with the loss of many of the artifacts that were inside. Imagine, though, how much worse it would have been had the locomotive shop gone up taking one or both locomot

Perhaps Balsam can lay claim to being the highest standard guage point east of the Mississippi where the tracks are still in place and trains still use them? raea <xrae@...> wrote: Thanks fo