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Smoky Mtn. Travelogue on the Little River Rail Road

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Posted by Grabnet on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:33 PM

Thanks Alan. I appreciate the feedback. Those bears are a lot of fun and they sure get folk's  attention. Enjoy your railroad.

Tom

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Posted by Great Western on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:37 PM

Delightful video Tom.  I love the little cameos you create.  Thanks for sharing.

After seeing a post of yours a while back I bought a few bears.  They are currently looking down from a tunnel portal to the track and yard (except the little ones who are playing).  I really need a more prominent place for them.

 

Alan, Oliver & North Fork Railroad

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If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)

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Smoky Mtn. Travelogue on the Little River Rail Road
Posted by Grabnet on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:38 PM

Here is a 1920's style black and white travelogue filmed on the Little River RR in the Smoky Mountains of my back yard.

 

Col W.B.Townsend (owner of the LRRR and lumber operations) did advertise for tourists to ride his trains in to the Smoky Mountains. While following the rails of his logging outfit the RR did expose thousands to the beauty of the Smokies. This influx of folks eventually led to the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after all the trees had been harvested.

 

Here is my attempt at playing up the fun tourists would have on this nifty rail road in the mountains of East Tennessee

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu5uOr-0hrw

 

Hope you all enjoy it.

 

Tom



Doc Tom and the Little River RR guys in East Tennessee.

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