Tweetsie Railroad
All aboard our star attractions for western North Carolina family adventure. Tweetsie Railroad is proud to operate two vintage steam locomotives: the No. 12 "Tweetsie" and the No. 190 "Yukon Queen." Before entering service at Tweetsie Railroad, the locomotives were put into operating condition by our on-site steam locomotive repair shop.
The Tweetsie Railroad is a Wild West style theme park operation located in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The centerpiece of the amusement park is a 3-mile narrow gauge railroad operating by a pair of Baldwin steam locomotives. Railroad equipment is maintained in an onsite steam shop, which also performs shop work for other tourist haulers. The name "Tweetsie" harkens back to the original East Tennessee & Western North Carolina narrow gauge common carrier that served the region.
Tweetsie Railroad park map / web
1966 tourist train guide ad / collection
2019 tourist train guide ad / collection
2006 Official Guide ad / collection
See also our nearby Dollywood Express scrapbook in Preservation
Motive Power
Tweetsie Railroad #190
Blowing Rock, NC / Aug 1968 / collection
Tweetsie Railroad #190
blt for US Army, class S118, 1943
to White Pass & Yukon, WW2
to Tweetsie Railroad theme park, 1960
named "Yukon Queen"
Publications
collection
1992 brochure / collection
2019 brochure / collection
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Clippings
from Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition
#7 / Mar 1961 / collection
from Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition
#7 / Mar 1961 / collection
from Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition
#15 / May 1965
from Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition
#15 / May 1965
Links / Sources
- Tweetsie Railroad website
- Wikipedia article for Tweetsie Railroad