Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
board at Dillsboro to travel to Bryson City, NC
leaving through the rail yard
(note engine boiler in the right background)
round the turn by the stream
floating on the stream
the bridge
baled hay in the field
tomatoes
rapids in the stream
country house
crushed cars used as the bank stabilizer
(now covered with Kudsu)
Kudsu growing up the trees and telephone poles
Kudsu (Pueraria) - P. thunbergiana is a remarkable climbing plant of almost tropical vigour, growing up poles, colonnades, and walls to a great height in a very short time. It belongs to the Pea family, and is a plant the Japanese make a great economic use of in various ways, but our main concern with it here is for the flower garden, where it is hardy and useful as a rapid-growing leafy screen. The flowers are a dull violet-purple and very fragrant, but only come towards autumn, when the plant is well established. Increase by seeds, division of the fleshy roots, or by cuttings.
end station in Bryson City
Bryson City station
Toy train Museum in Bryson City, North Carolina
family residence
train going over the bridge
open field
(once a Cherokee ceremonial ground)
low hanging clouds
hay barn
oldest house in the area
Missionary Baptist Church
multiple family dwelling
hay bales in the field
engine next to our tour bus
The Great Train Wreck
train was rammed into the bus
staged for the Movie The
Fugitive
with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones
bus marked "Illinois Department of Corrections"
Thomas comes to town
based on the children's book
buy a ticket for a Day Out with Thomas
Waiting for the train
Thomas, the engine
Dillsboro, North Carolina
town office
