Re: The Tweetsie RR heritage weekend

jameswaite Wrote:
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> Thanks again, Chris, for this further advice.
>
> One other question you may be able to help me
> with. I wonder to what extent is is possible to
> wander around the park grounds and gain access to
> the lineside at some of the remoter spots. I
> appreciate that the trestle and the Forest Outpost
> are out of bounds except for the evening photo
> special but there's three miles or so of other
> track and you mention going up to the 4+ per cent
> Fort Boone grade. I'd enjoy a ride but my main
> interest is photography. I guess that much of the
> line runs through woodland and so it may only be
> more or less head-on shots that are possible but
> this would be no bad think as the Tweetsie
> lettering on the loco and tender wouldn't then be
> very prominent! Again, any thoughts you have on
> this would be very much appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> James


You used to be able to walk the line. Not anymore. People that wouldn't follow the directions about not walking the bridge put an end to that. You can get shots of the bridge near the edge of the parking lot. Outside of that, there is no access outside of the town itself except on the photo special. There are no public roads--it's just wandering through the woods on a big loop. They will do runbys at the bridge and the holdup on the photo special. That said, the sun will be gone by the time the special starts. Both the trestle and the holdup have space to spread out--but at the same time, you aren't dealing with hardcore photographers, so crowd control can be a bit frustrating at times.
Kevin