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4/18/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Great Smoky Mountains
Model:EMD GP9Built As:UP 277 (GP9)
Serial Number:19874Order No:5362
Frame Number:5362-15Built:9/1954
Notes:Ex CNW, nee UP, to BEAST.
Other locos with this serial:  GSMR 777(GP9) GSM 777(GP9)
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GSMR 1755
Title:  GSMR 1755
Description:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad GP9's 1755 and 777 about to depart from the former Southern Railway station in Bryson City, NC. The GSMR operates excursion trains on the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch from Sylva to Andrews, NC. This is one of two daily excursion trains which the GSMR runs. This one departs Bryson City, NC at 10:30am and heads West to Hewitt, NC where the train pulls into a siding, the locomotives run around the train and the train heads back to Bryson City. The other one leaves Bryson City at 1pm and heads East to Dillsboro, NC, where the locomotive runs around the train and heads back to Bryson City.
Photo Date:  7/5/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 6:04:57 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Troy Nolen
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  GSMR 1755(GP9) GSMR 777(GP9)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
GSMR 1755
Title:  GSMR 1755
Description:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad GP9's 1755 and 777 crossing the Tuckasegee River near Bryson City, NC. You will note two fellow railfans observing the train and the Conductor giving a nice wave. This was a typical hot, humid, hazy day in the Smoky Mountains. This is one of two daily excursion trains which the GSMR runs. This one departs Bryson City, NC at 10:30am and heads West to Hewitt, NC where the train pulls into a siding, the locomotives run around the train and the train heads back to Bryson City. The other one leaves Bryson City at 1pm and heads East to Dillsboro, NC, where the locomotive runs around the train and heads back to Bryson City.
Photo Date:  7/5/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 6:05:37 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Troy Nolen
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GSMR 1755(GP9) GSMR 777(GP9)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
GSMR 1755
Title:  GSMR 1755
Description:  The GSMR Nantahala Gorge Turn heads through the Nantahala Gorge near Wesser, NC. White water rafters get a nice wave from the Conductor. This is one of two daily excursion trains which the GSMR runs. This one departs Bryson City, NC at 10:30am and heads West to Hewitt, NC where the train pulls into a siding, the locomotives run around the train and the train heads back to Bryson City.
Photo Date:  7/5/2011  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 6:07:08 PM
Location:  Wesser, NC
Author:  Troy Nolen
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GSMR 1755(GP9) GSMR 777(GP9)
Views:  632   Comments: 9


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