Tweetsie Railroad’s Annual Railfan Weekend!

Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! #!/PennRailVideos Be sure to turn annotations ON! In this video, Penn Rail Videos is going to take you on an exciting 25 minute adventure at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park in Blowing Rock, NC. We’ll first start out by watching both locomotives (#12 and #190) prepare for their day’s work. We’ll then follow the #12 around the park first, watching it pass by in several locations, and even have some views from inside the cab! “Tweetsie“ #12 was built in 1917 by Baldwin for the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad. She is a 4-6-0 “Ten-Wheeler“ type locomotive and is the last narrow-gauge engine from the ET&WNC to survive. Next up we’ll take a look at the ex-White Pass & Yukon Railroad 2-8-2 #190. She was built in 1943 for the US Army Transportation Corps. At this time, the US Army ow