Hiwassee River Rail Adventure @ Reliance, TN

Ex-NC&StL #710 leading the southbound Copperhill Special across the Hiwassee River at Reliance early on a humid summer morning.
The train will pass through the Hiwassee River Gorge and climb the Bald Mountain helix before heading south along the river to Copperhill at the TN/GA state line.
The Hiwassee River Rail Adventure is operated between April and November by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Trips depart from the former L&N station in Etowah.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tennessee
• valley
• railroad
• museum
• tvrm
• 710
• hiwassee
• river
• rail
• adventure
• ncstl
• nashville
• chattanooga
• st
• louis
• louisville

[6toeNL]

Great video and a great scenary ! :D

[SmokyMtnSteam]

@6toeNL Thanks! I'll be chasing the rest of this route soon.

[DrFerazza]

Just a couple of miles from my house! Thanks for posting some Reliance and Hiwassee!

[Rtchugg]

She is great! Its a GP10 they have up graded her, look at the air cleaner

[tartopfan]

nice spot man I remember when i rode on it when they were borrowing a CSX GP38-2. Nice ride & did they have a landslide last year???

[SR6900]

@ynnhoJ22 It's a GP7

[ynnhoJ22]

Magnificent bridge, which is the model of the locomotive?

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Great railfan video and awesome video location.