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Greg Scholl

August 31, 2021 08:53PM

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evankamp Wrote:
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> Wow didn’t know that there was that much intact
> of the mainline. What is it’s current status?
I believe the track was relayed after it was all torn out.
If memory serves from my research this section was already abandoned before the final trains ran from Elizabethton to Cranberry in 1950. I believe the Tweetsie is west of Cranberry. Am no expert though.
Greg

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Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Franklin Adams	August 31, 2021 12:23PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Rader Sidetrack	August 31, 2021 01:01PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Andrew Roth	August 31, 2021 01:27PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Greg Scholl	August 31, 2021 01:45PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	evankamp	August 31, 2021 03:01PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Andrew Roth	August 31, 2021 04:26PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	tgbcvr	August 31, 2021 04:59PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	evankamp	August 31, 2021 05:53PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Greg Scholl	August 31, 2021 08:53PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Rader Sidetrack	August 31, 2021 09:28PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Greg Scholl	September 01, 2021 08:09AM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Chris Webster	September 01, 2021 09:06AM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Greg Scholl	September 01, 2021 10:30AM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Andrew Roth	September 01, 2021 11:32AM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Franklin Adams	September 01, 2021 07:10PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	tgbcvr	September 01, 2021 10:01PM
Very nice change of scenery	davidtltc	August 31, 2021 05:26PM
Re: Very nice change of scenery	laxriter	September 01, 2021 12:02PM
Re: Very nice change of scenery	Chris Webster	September 01, 2021 12:12PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	et&wnc	September 01, 2021 12:35PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	evankamp	September 01, 2021 01:10PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	Franklin Adams	September 01, 2021 07:28PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	T A Hunter	September 02, 2021 09:26AM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	davidtltc	September 02, 2021 04:34PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	davidtltc	September 02, 2021 04:44PM
Re: Tweetsie Railroad Heritage Weekend 2021	et&wnc	September 02, 2021 05:19PM

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