East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad 12, Historic narrow gauge steam locomotive in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad 12 is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive built as a Ten-Wheeler type by Baldwin Locomotive Works. This engine features two cylinders measuring 16 inches by 22 inches and runs on a track gauge of 914 millimeters.
The locomotive was built in 1917 with serial number 45069 and served the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad until 1950 as their final narrow-gauge engine. After its working years ended, it was preserved and eventually brought to Tweetsie Railroad.
The locomotive represents early 20th-century American railroad engineering and maintains regular operations at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park since 1957.
The locomotive is displayed at Tweetsie Railroad where visitors can take train rides behind this coal-powered engine during operating season. These rides loop through mountain scenery on a scenic route.
The National Register of Historic Places recognized this locomotive in 1992, preserving its status as the sole remaining engine from the ET&WNC Railroad.
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