East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12, also known as Tweetsie Locomotive #12, is a historic locomotive located near Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. It is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive of the ten-wheeled 4-6-0 type. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950, and Locomotive #12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow gauge engines still in existence. The locomotive is located at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park.[2]
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12 | |
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| Location | Tweetsie RR theme park, jct. of Tweetsie RR Rd. and US 321, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1917 |
| Built by | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000147[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 12, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Laura A.W. Phillips (October 1991). "East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
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