But Jerry, golf is boring! gledford55 <gledford55@...> wrote: --- In Tweetsie@..., "Jonathan Pleasant" <sigmunddragonslayer@...> wrote: even Congrats! I am doing something just about

Layouts - OK. In a basement room at my home in Mars Hill (95 miles from Hickory, less to Tweetsie itself) I have an N scale layout. It's stationary and shaped kind of like a question mark. 'Benchwork'

I've already been working on excuses for making a quick trip up to Blowing Rock sometime soon. Tim Smith <tweetsieengineer@...> wrote: Just letting everyone know that Tweetsie will be opening ne

Might look nice at Spencer sitting there with Combine #15 though....... johnnyg@... wrote: It is very nice to read that people are excited about preserving an ET&WNC artifact. I do think I shoul

You're absolutely right. Thanks for setting me straight. I went and actually did a little research rather than rely on memory. My own first-hand memory of Shay 1925 is seeing her 'asleep' in the yard

I recall a Trains Magazine 'News Photo' published when Graham County brought in a 70 ton diesel to handle freight duty. That was sometime between 1969 and 1972. After that the 1925 hauled the tourist

Interesting article but I don't believe that Cliffside ending steam in 1962 was the last instance of a railroad using steam exclusively in North Carolina. Wasn't the Graham County Railroad with shay 1

One of the better railfan evenings I've ever had was at ETSU last February for the ET&WNC movie night. Is there any chance that these films will ever be reproduced on VHS and DVD so that we fans may b

Wellll...... Compromised is recommended at the dating level. REQUIRED when marriage enters the picture. Kids? Gotta hope for one who likes trains too. David bart davis <bartdavis28211@...> wrote

Wonder what's wrong with the 1702? She was out of service last year too. The folks at GSMR are not too open about the state of their steam program. Maybe they ought to have the crew from Tweetsie take

Hey Jonathan, I'm glad that you had such a good time riding the GSMR. My first apartment after I got out of college and went to work was in Cherokee County, NC about 50 yards from the Murphy Branch li

gledford55 <gledford55@...> wrote: Wonder what FP stands for? Felton Peterson? Franklin Persimmon? Jerry Ledford, Etowah NC Felony Perpertrator? Hey Jerry! SPONSORED LINKS East tennessee real es

Of course the crab meat is only one very small part of why I left Maryland and returned home to 'very near' Tweetsie Country in 1994! Philip Snyder <psnyder01@...> wrote: Yes....a lot of w

Eating Crabs? Way too messy and way too much work for way too little meat! HOTHGANG1@... wrote: If you are cooking a soft shell crab, be sure to remove the "dead man" before eating. SPONSORED LINK

Well...........MARC could get you to DC Union Station (and I always preferred the Camden line for some reason.......probably because there was a station two blocks from my apartement in College Park b

Ken, Wow! These photos are wonderful and the lovely narraration is the best thing I've read since your introduction to John Waite's book! Several years ago I attended a lecture and book signing by Ash

I suppose no one really wants to take pictures of a funeral. johnnyg@... wrote:I haven't seen one. Johnny Graybeal

Yes. The sleeping giant was in the 'castle' up on top of the mountain. The 'castle' being the top station of the chairlift. They were going for kind of a fantasy land thing up on the mountain at the t

Yes to what you say below. While it isn't so much about the Cowboys and Indians thing, Tweetsie is so much like it was when my parents took the family there for the first time in 1968. (More asphalt t

Does anyone know whether the $40.00 pass for Railfan Weekend will be available at the gate Saturday? Very good chance I'll be able to get up to Boone midmorning Saturday BUT don't want to buy the tick