Great Smoky Mountains Railroad GP9s 777 and 1751 have just left Bryson City, NC on the Tuckasegee River train beside a random abandoned boat. The train is going to Dillsboro.
Engineer and conductor aboard Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 2-8-0 #1702 watch what is happening as photographers disembark their train on a 2017 photographer's special.
We were there to shoot the 1702, the railroad's steam engine. But I had not shot the GSMR's newest diesel (at the time) the ex-Santa Fe GP30. So while my friend swent back to the car to start the ... (more)