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GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:33:02 PM |
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Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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266 Comments: 0 |
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GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:34:23 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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713 Comments: 0 |
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GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:35:37 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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327 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:37:18 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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259 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:40:03 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:40:46 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
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GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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273 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:41:36 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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158 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:42:10 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
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Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:42:47 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:43:33 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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166 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:44:12 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:44:55 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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187 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:45:35 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:46:19 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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183 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:47:17 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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192 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/31/2011 7:48:05 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Johnny Winkler |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
7/25/2003 Upload Date: 5/18/2009 1:24:18 AM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
Allan Williams Jr. |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1606 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMRR No 1702 |
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A crowd of people stand around No 1702, who was absent for GSMRR's 2003 excursion season, but now fresh out of the Dillsboro shops and ready for action in 2004! |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:40:18 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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881 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Gettin' antsy to go |
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The passengers have now boarded the train for the trip to Bryson City. This day they called the train the "American Freedom Train". Many Boy Scout troops boarded here to a Jamboree that was being held Darnell Farms, at milepost T-62.0 and highway US 19. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:45:17 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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817 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Steamin' out of town |
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No. 1702 is now underway and crosses the Webster Street crossing. The caboose behind 1702 is a generator car used to power the passenger cars. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:47:13 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1015 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Farms and Rivers |
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No 1702 is now about 4 miles west of Dillsboro passing through farm country alongside the Tuckasegee River. This shot was taken from hwy US 74 and didnt go quite as planned as I meant to get it more toward the left before the trees. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:50:03 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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610 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No 1702 |
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No 1702 passes through Whittier NC (MP T-57.4). The siding on the right is where the engine for the Saturday night dinner train runs around to return back to Dillsboro. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:51:42 PM |
Location: |
Whittier, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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923 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Crossing the Tuckasegee River |
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No 1702 crosses the thru truss bridge just west of Ela, NC. According to the book "Passage Through Time" by Micheal George and Frank Strack, this bridge was constructed in 1900 with a total of 652.5 feet in length. |
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5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:55:10 PM |
Location: |
Ela, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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966 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
1702 |
Description: |
No 1702 passes past Ferguson Landing Field. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:56:47 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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709 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No 1702 is arriving |
Description: |
No 1702 is a few minutes tardy into town after a 15 minute stop at Darnell Farms so the Scouts could detrain for the Jamboree. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:58:26 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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548 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Layover |
Description: |
GSMRR crew members chat a bit while laying over in Bryson City. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/2004 Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:59:31 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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533 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
Description: |
Tuckasegee River excursion westbound |
Photo Date: |
5/22/2004 Upload Date: 1/21/2005 5:35:13 PM |
Location: |
Whittier, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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3624 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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Photo Date: |
5/22/2004 Upload Date: 1/21/2005 5:41:57 PM |
Location: |
Whittier, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1384 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
Description: |
westbound on an excursion to Andrews, crossing the Tuckasegee River |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 1/21/2005 5:45:28 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1529 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
No 1702 passes MP T-85 |
Description: |
No 1702 is passing milepost T-85. About a 1/4 of a mile behind the train is a quarry at Talc Mountain. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:28:11 PM |
Location: |
Hewitt, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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695 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Getting ready to assault Red Marble |
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GSMRR 1702 is within yards of beginning its assault up the steep and torturous Red Marble Grade. This grade is much steeper than big cousin Saluda Grade on Norfolk Southern. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:29:42 PM |
Location: |
Nantahala, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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737 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Huffing and puffing |
Description: |
Just past milepost T-87, the train is already on a roughly 5 percent grade. The train was assisted by GP9's 1755 and 1751 on the rear. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:31:31 PM |
Location: |
Nantahala, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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724 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I think I can, I think I can..... |
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No 1702 is almost near the crest of the Red Marble Grade, which is under the US 129 bridge I am standing on, at Topton. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:34:01 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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913 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Now for the downhill run |
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No 1702 is stopped and the train is balanced over the crest of Red Marble. The grades on the western slope of Red Marble is not as steep as the east slope, but inspection of running gear and retainers must be set before decending to Andrews. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:35:44 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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609 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Inspecting the locomotive |
Description: |
GSMRR crew members prepare the train for the downhill trip from Topton to Andrews. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:37:33 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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784 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Small wood trestle |
Description: |
No 1702 is crossing a small wooden trestle just west of milepost T-91 |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:44:27 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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517 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Farmland |
Description: |
No 1702 is nearing a small rural crossing at milepost T-94. Within the 94 is the Will Sandlin Tunnel, largely inaccessable without a long hike involved. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:45:35 PM |
Location: |
Rhodo, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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728 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another small wood trestle |
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With bell clanging, No 1702 crosses one of many small wooden trestles on the Topton to Andrews segment. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:49:11 PM |
Location: |
Buffalo, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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628 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The End of the Line |
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No 1702 rolls into Andrews and the faded milepost T-99. Passengers on the train detrained here and rode buses back to Dillsboro, the train would later leave back eastbound empty. The house to the left is the Tracks End Bed and Breakfast. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:50:23 PM |
Location: |
Andrews, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1098 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No 1702 |
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With the train returning east the same afternoon, more opportunities to grab photos of the 1702 at other locations were made possible and with the headliight on, as if it were leading. Here she is again at Rhodo, NC, but just chilling out for the ride back to her normal Tuckaseegee River trip between Dillsboro and Bryson City. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:54:11 PM |
Location: |
Rhodo, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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617 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Really short wooden trestle |
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At milepost T-93, No 1702 and friends have just passed over a really short wooden trestle. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:56:40 PM |
Location: |
Rhodo, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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621 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Farms and Barns |
Description: |
The whole line of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is absolutely beautiful, but the segment from milepost 80 to Andrews is by far my favorite. I sure wish GSMRR ran this part on a regular basis. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:58:07 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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589 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mountain and 1702 |
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1702 Passing through a residents front lawn and private crossing at milepost T-91.5 things are not so pretty 2/10s of a mile here as a land owner, upset with GSMRR for claiming their ROW, took it at liberty to pile up junk cars from his junkyard as high as he possibly could to block out the view.....oh well, some people have no respect for the beauty they are blessed to live in. |
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5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:59:49 PM |
Location: |
Topton, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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646 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Thick foliage |
Description: |
No 1702 slowly rolls down the grade. This section of track has been upgraded with 100lb rail completely between mp 87 and mp 88. Most of the GSMRR is 85lb rail. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:03:12 PM |
Location: |
Nantahala, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
15 mins before the law hits |
Description: |
GSMRR crew members swap out at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, the crew that has been relieved was within 15 minutes of their hours of service. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Wesser, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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902 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Last Tuckasegee River crossing |
Description: |
1702 crosses the last Tuckasegee River bridge just west of Bryson City. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/2004 Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:10:18 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
Carter Buchanan |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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873 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
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9/11/2004 Upload Date: 1/26/2005 8:16:46 PM |
Location: |
Wilmot, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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2268 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 and SOU 2601 |
Description: |
GSMR 1702 and Southern GP30 2601 from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer at GSMR Railfest 2004 |
Photo Date: |
9/11/2004 Upload Date: 1/21/2005 5:47:03 PM |
Location: |
Bryson City, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) SOU 2601(GP30) |
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2998 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
Description: |
the 1702 prepares to depart Dillsboro with a Tuckasegee River excursion to Bryson City |
Photo Date: |
9/11/2004 Upload Date: 7/28/2005 6:29:06 PM |
Location: |
Dillsboro, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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903 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GSMR 1702 |
Description: |
coming off the Tuckasegee River bridge |
Photo Date: |
9/11/2004 Upload Date: 7/28/2005 6:30:12 PM |
Location: |
Ela, NC |
Author: |
John Higginson |
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Locomotives: |
GSMR 1702(2-8-0) |
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1113 Comments: 0 |
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