Thanks Scott...... I kept prowling around the internet and discovered after my email that the NS was out of the passenger train business by the time Southern moved into their own Raleigh station in 19

Given the remarkable range of railroad knowledge here, please permit me to ask one non-ET&WNC question - When did the original Norfolk Southern Railway (not today's NS but the old Norfolk-Raleigh-Char

I would be interested in all 20 years on a DVD. It's also high time I go ahead and actually join the Society! David John Waite <waite.john@...> wrote: After we have done our last issue we may do

I hope that you find what you're looking for. I am amazed that nostalgia for the early days of the Tweetsie park itself has bcome an area of interest all it's own. Especially for those of us who devel

The one picture of 190 coming off the trestle.......I'm just amazed at how much of a difference it makes with that hill cut down..... John Jones <jdjones45@...> wrote: Wow. JD Scott Ridenhour <t

Wow........that's right Jerry. I had forgotten that you and Julie had 'done time' in Cumberland County. Now if I recall, wasn't Vander along the ACL BUT on the EAST side of the Cape Fear River? That m

Thanks for your reply Dusten. Is that really good Chinese place by the Roses still there in Dunn? I lived north of the Kelly-Springfield plant and was a school counselor at Pine Forest High.......I us

What part of the Sandhills Dusten? I'm a native of 'near Tweetsie Country' and was fortunate to get back here BUT from 1994-98 I lived on the outskirts of Fayetteville. David Dusten <barefootdn3@...

Here, Here. I was only able to slip over for a couple of hours late Sunday afternoon BUT the very SIGHT and sound of TWO coal fired steam locomotives whistling into and out of town (#12 would return w

So this past Saturday I spent the morning hours driving up to Bardstown, KY. We checked in to our hotel room and then went the 11 miles to New Haven, KY for a 22 mile ride behind Louisville & Nashvill

I responded as a 'maybe' before but you can move me to a definite.......particularly if I can pay via email with PayPal! Spending money was never easier! David Pressley Mark Milbourne <mark@doerivergo

This doesn't sound good for the Yadkin Valley. "petesprecision@..." <petesprecision@...> wrote: NS Conductor here in Winston, msg me off list, have some info for you. petesprecision@ne

I'd be a definate maybe if you were to produce this DVD! Mark Milbourne <mark@...> wrote: I mentioned in my last post about filming the last rail operation out of Elizabethton with the r

No problem...... Just nice to see a question that I know a little something about! David Alan Bridwell <barstow54@...> wrote: Thanks David - you guys are a huge help on a lot of questions coming

I believe the section through the tunnel is still operated by Norfolk Southern and would probably show on the system map at their website. That was originally a Southern Railway line from Middlesboro

I'm a first-time Tweetsie Season Ticket holder this year and have used my pass to ride behind number 190 and number 12 already this summer. Odds are I'll be back again this month. When I was a kid I w

Thanks Tim, I had intended the questions for anyone who had an idea/opinion but I guessed that you would have concrete info on number 12! Both locomotives are gems and that's the appeal Tweetsie has f

1) Who was that man in Thomas's cab today (heh, heh) and were you having as much fun as it looked like you were? 2) How long has Thomas been able to 'talk' to Indians? 3) Anyone else think that 190 so

They have different shows which they cycle through at least a couple of times a day. It isn't the same show every trip. The cast would go nuts otherwise. I was there on the 19th and road the train 3 t

I just listened to the show on the internet. I wish I had known that the show would take phone calls from listeners. At the same time Johnny was on the air I was being 'delayed' by 'Sings With Coyotes