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Bryson City Depot is located at the intersection of Everett and Fry streets in downtown Bryson City. Adjacent to the station is MacNeill Park, dedicated to Malcolm and Joan MacNeill, who established the Great Smoky Mountains Railway.
A former Southern Railway depot in Bryson City, North Carolina, now serving as the main headquarter of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR). The Murphy Branch is a branch line operated by the Western North Carolina Railroad, later the Richmond and Danville, Southern Railway, the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and today the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad.
On March 9, 2000, the Great Smoky Mountain Railway was renamed to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. [2] Tourist trains of the GSMR route use a route passing through "fertile valleys, a tunnel and across river gorges" in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. Tourist excursions use the line between Dillsboro and Bryson City (16 ...
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot decorated for the Polar Express event in 2014. When is the Polar Express Train Ride? The Polar Express Train Ride runs Nov. 7-Dec. 31.
After Norfolk Southern ended freight traffic on the railroad in 1985, the state of North Carolina purchased the tracks. In 1988, the state established a scenic line, known as the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, with its depot and departure point in Bryson City. [14] In 2015, the city's first FM station was launched.
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad ran excursions to Murphy on the Murphy Branch between 1988 and 1995. Today the track and right-of-way are still in place, owned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, but the line is inoperable. The L&N Depot, built southwest of downtown Murphy in 1901, has been refurbished as a community center. [17]
Nantahala Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Bryson City, North Carolina.The brewery was founded in 2009 by Chris Collier, Joe Rowland and Ken Smith. [1] It's located at 61 Depot Street, Bryson City, North Carolina, across the street from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad train depot.
Built as Southern Railway #722. Sold to the ET&WNC in November 1952. Traded back to the Southern for an RS-3 in December 1967. Now awaiting restoration at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina: 828: 2-8-0: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 16858: 7/1899: 8/1937: Built as Norfolk and Western Railway #828. Sold to the ET&WNC ...