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Tweetsie Railroad; Location: Blowing Rock, North Carolina, U.S. Coordinates: Opened: July 4, 1957: Owner: Tweetsie Railroad, Inc. Theme: Wild West: Operating season: April - December: Area: 200 acres (81 ha), 30 acres (12 ha) developed: Attractions; Total: 16: Website: tweetsie.com
In the summer of 1957, "Tweetsie Railroad" debuted with No. 12 at her new location just a couple of miles away from the old railroad station in Boone. People came from all over the South to welcome her famous whistle back to the mountains, and to take a one-mile trip to a picnic area and then back up to the station.
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ET&WNC begins operation with 32-mile narrow-gauge service from Johnson City, Tenn. to the iron mines at Cranberry, N.C. The railroad and its trains came to be nicknamed “Tweetsie” by its Blue Ridge Mountain customers. Engine No. 12 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pa., at a cost of $14,000.
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The narrow-gauge railroad began operations in 1881 after fifty miles of track were laid through the rugged Blue Ridge chain of the Appalachian Mountains that divide the two southern states. Later, additional tracks were laid to Boone, North Carolina, and in 1919 rail service was extended to that mountain community.
Apr 8, 2017 · April 8 - July 23, 2017. Explore the history of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC) and its place in the history of the High Country. The ET&WNC began operating in 1881, stretching from Tennessee to North Carolina. The line was extended to Boone in 1919.
“Tweetsie” dates to 1882, when the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC) began operations in Johnson City, TN. In 1919, the railroad extended tracks to Boone, NC. The ET&WNC added passenger service, and brought lumber out of the mountains opening up a new source for agriculture in the once-remote Blue Ridge Mountains.
In 1882, the first expansion of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET&WNC) Railroad into the High Country was completed to access mines in Cranberry, NC. In 1919, another extension was added to incorporate Boone, which had recently opened up a public college, in the rail line.
