rebel railroad

engine 192 on the rebel railroad which later became the dollywood express

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• steam
• locomotive
• dollywood
• express

[nicholasbreeden]

I wonder what they did with those cars. and i wish dollywood still had the trees at the loop st the top. Or that it still looked like this. oh and did you know that the 2-6-0 that you see at the beginning is the one at the Chattanooga choo choo?

[oldnintyseven]

The cars are still in use, they have been modifyed to the open air cars with more seating capacty. Yes the mogul is in Chattanooga and the 2-8-0 is still here.

[pinslasher]

where did you get this footage?? do you have anymore?

[oldnintyseven]

I got it from an old videotape. That was all of it.

[norfolk611]

WOW, when was this shot ? Video cameras weren't quite as common back then.I was there when it was Rebel Railroad when I was very young, later when it was Gold Rush Junction, then again as it was becoming Dollywood. I didn't like Dollywood as well. But maybe that was because I was getting older. But I don't think so. I think they got greedier for one thing.

[mysteriousyoungman]

@Railroadingfarmer001 I like your history my friend. I know about Tweetsie's history because I've lived in Boone the last 7 years the rest of my life I lived down the mountain in Wilkes. On the campus of my alma mater, ASU, Rivers street is on the old railroad bed. Also a restaurant/bar Portofinos claims that part of its building was at one time part of the building where the engine was worked on.

[Railroadingfarmer001]

@mysteriousyoungman Also, the "Tweetsie" was originally a real, working mountain railroad, although not in it;s current location. It was called the "Tweetsie" because of the whistles on the engines, which were very high in pitch. The engines came from the original after it was shut down due to lack of profits. The engines were sold and the track scrapped.

[Railroadingfarmer001]

@mysteriousyoungman Also, the "Tweetsie" was originally a real, working mountain railroad, although not in it;s current location. The engines came from the original after it was shut down due to lack of profits.

[SuperTerminatrix]

man you did a great job!!!!! I live in Ky and about 3 hours away from dollywood and man do I love it!!!!! This video shows what dollywood used to be and I like the trains klondike katie and cenderellla

[pennyf9]

192 with a guady paint scheme and diamond stack! cool! looks like a western movie!

[drummingnate]

@TNtrainboy15 Thisa was about halfway up the incline...and is where the two yankee snipers would rush out (on the trains way back down the mountain) and one of the snipers would get his pants shot off. "I can tell he was a yankee...cause I saw his union suit"

[drummingnate]

I was one of the many characters at Rebel RR in 1961-1962. I was the sniper that attacked the train halfway up the mountain and then got his pants shot off on the train's way down the mountain. I also was the Yankee running the semi-hidden fort up on the hill above the Rebel fort firing cannons at the train. It was a really fun job except that the summers were brutally hot and we were stranded on the mountain for 10 hours a day with no shelter and no air-conditioning.

[TheMemphisSlim]

I shot many a Yankee from this train with my toy gun in 1961 or 62.