Smoky Mt RR

Biltmore Estate Bryson City Folkmoot Smoky Mt RR

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

 

 

 

 

 

board at Dillsboro to travel to Bryson City, NC

 

leaving through the rail yard
(note engine boiler in the right background)

 

round the turn by the stream

 

floating on the stream

 

the bridge

 

baled hay in the field

 

tomatoes

 

rapids in the stream

 

country house

 

crushed cars used as the bank stabilizer
(now covered with Kudsu)

 

Kudsu growing up the trees and telephone poles

Kudsu (Pueraria) - P. thunbergiana is a remarkable climbing plant of almost tropical vigour, growing up poles, colonnades, and walls to a great height in a very short time. It belongs to the Pea family, and is a plant the Japanese make a great economic use of in various ways, but our main concern with it here is for the flower garden, where it is hardy and useful as a rapid-growing leafy screen. The flowers are a dull violet-purple and very fragrant, but only come towards autumn, when the plant is well established. Increase by seeds, division of the fleshy roots, or by cuttings.

 

end station in Bryson City

More Photos from Bryson City

 

Bryson City station

 

Toy train Museum in Bryson City, North Carolina

 

family residence

 

train going over the bridge

 

open field
(once a Cherokee ceremonial ground)

 

low hanging clouds

 

hay barn

 

oldest house in the area

 

Missionary Baptist Church

 

multiple family dwelling

 

hay bales in the field

 

engine next to our tour bus


The Great Train Wreck

 

train was rammed into the bus

 

staged for the Movie The Fugitive
with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones

 

 

bus marked "Illinois Department of Corrections"

 

 


Thomas comes to town

 

based on the children's book

 

buy a ticket for a Day Out with Thomas

 

Waiting for the train

 

Thomas, the engine


Dillsboro, North Carolina

 

 

town office


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