The trainmaster and brakeman ride GP-9 1751 back to the yard office after dropping off the Great Smokey Mountain passenger train at the depot in Bryson City. The train has just returned from a ro... (more)

A pair of GSMR GPs lead a westbound near Nantahala, NC in this spring 1989 scene.

The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad's Tuckasegee River Excursion, a Bryson City to Dillsboro round trip, returns west as they rock down the old Southern Railway Murphy Branch with the short weekday ... (more)

Great Smokey Mountain Railroad ex- Flag Coal Co. no. 75 crosses Deep Creek Bridge enroute to Bryson City NC.

GSMR 711 leaving Bryson City, NC

Tuckasegee River Excursion

GSMR Nantahala Gorge excursion train is just out of Bryson City, headed west on the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch.

GSMR excursion train passes through Almond, headed for the Nantahala Gorge. This is the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch.

One of GSMR's 4 GP's shows off its new green paint scheme next to the Bryson City depot. Earlier in the day the unit handled the run to Dillsboro then awaited the 6:30pm arrival of the train from ... (more)

Downtown Bryson City is all decked out for the fall tourist season as a surprisingly well patronized weekday train rolls in from the Nantahala Gorge after sunset. The conductor eyes the approachin... (more)

Westbound GSMR freight train between Topton and Marble, NC in April 1989. The train left Bryson City with 2 engines and 12 loads of grain for Andrews which required tripling the hill between near ... (more)

A pair of GSMR GPs lead a westbound near Andrews, NC in this spring 1988 scene.

Bikers doing the "Dragon" up to Deel's Gap run parallel to the tourist train in the Gorge.

GSM's 1702 makes a backup near Andrews.

Exclusive Never Before Seen! Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's NEW Paint Scheme! Seen here on the MacNeil Club Car. Freshly Painted Tuscan Red Body, Black Trucks, Silver Roof, Gold Hand Rails, and ... (more)