Logo
Carter Buchanan's Collection
 
5/6/2024
View Photos
Members
 
 
 
 
Home > Great Smoky Mountains > Locomotives > Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-0 > GSMR 1702
Pictures of GSMR 1702
 
Owner: Great Smoky Mountains
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:USTC 1702 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:64641Order No:
Frame Number:19X26 cylinders, 57" driversBuilt:11/1942
Notes:former US Army/Reader
Other locos with this serial:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0) RERX 1702(2-8-0) GSM 1702(2-8-0)
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
GSMRR No 1702
Title:  GSMRR No 1702
Description:  A crowd of people stand around No 1702, who was absent for GSMRR's 2003 excursion season, but now fresh out of the Dillsboro shops and ready for action in 2004!
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:40:18 PM
Location:  Dillsboro, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
Gettin' antsy to go
Title:  Gettin' antsy to go
Description:  The passengers have now boarded the train for the trip to Bryson City. This day they called the train the "American Freedom Train". Many Boy Scout troops boarded here to a Jamboree that was being held Darnell Farms, at milepost T-62.0 and highway US 19.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:45:17 PM
Location:  Dillsboro, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
Steamin' out of town
Title:  Steamin' out of town
Description:  No. 1702 is now underway and crosses the Webster Street crossing. The caboose behind 1702 is a generator car used to power the passenger cars.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:47:13 PM
Location:  Dillsboro, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  934   Comments: 1
Farms and Rivers
Title:  Farms and Rivers
Description:  No 1702 is now about 4 miles west of Dillsboro passing through farm country alongside the Tuckasegee River. This shot was taken from hwy US 74 and didnt go quite as planned as I meant to get it more toward the left before the trees.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:50:03 PM
Location:  Dillsboro, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
No 1702
Title:  No 1702
Description:  No 1702 passes through Whittier NC (MP T-57.4). The siding on the right is where the engine for the Saturday night dinner train runs around to return back to Dillsboro.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:51:42 PM
Location:  Whittier, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  833   Comments: 1
Crossing the Tuckasegee River
Title:  Crossing the Tuckasegee River
Description:  No 1702 crosses the thru truss bridge just west of Ela, NC. According to the book "Passage Through Time" by Micheal George and Frank Strack, this bridge was constructed in 1900 with a total of 652.5 feet in length.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:55:10 PM
Location:  Ela, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  881   Comments: 2
1702
Title:  1702
Description:  No 1702 passes past Ferguson Landing Field.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:56:47 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
No 1702 is arriving
Title:  No 1702 is arriving
Description:  No 1702 is a few minutes tardy into town after a 15 minute stop at Darnell Farms so the Scouts could detrain for the Jamboree.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:58:26 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
Layover
Title:  Layover
Description:  GSMRR crew members chat a bit while laying over in Bryson City.
Photo Date:  5/1/2004  Upload Date: 5/1/2004 11:59:31 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
No 1702 passes MP T-85
Title:  No 1702 passes MP T-85
Description:  No 1702 is passing milepost T-85. About a 1/4 of a mile behind the train is a quarry at Talc Mountain.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:28:11 PM
Location:  Hewitt, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
Getting ready to assault Red Marble
Title:  Getting ready to assault Red Marble
Description:  GSMRR 1702 is within yards of beginning its assault up the steep and torturous Red Marble Grade. This grade is much steeper than big cousin Saluda Grade on Norfolk Southern.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:29:42 PM
Location:  Nantahala, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
Huffing and puffing
Title:  Huffing and puffing
Description:  Just past milepost T-87, the train is already on a roughly 5 percent grade. The train was assisted by GP9's 1755 and 1751 on the rear.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:31:31 PM
Location:  Nantahala, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
I think I can, I think I can.....
Title:  I think I can, I think I can.....
Description:  No 1702 is almost near the crest of the Red Marble Grade, which is under the US 129 bridge I am standing on, at Topton.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:34:01 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  826   Comments: 1
Now for the downhill run
Title:  Now for the downhill run
Description:  No 1702 is stopped and the train is balanced over the crest of Red Marble. The grades on the western slope of Red Marble is not as steep as the east slope, but inspection of running gear and retainers must be set before decending to Andrews.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:35:44 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Inspecting the locomotive
Title:  Inspecting the locomotive
Description:  GSMRR crew members prepare the train for the downhill trip from Topton to Andrews.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:37:33 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
Small wood trestle
Title:  Small wood trestle
Description:  No 1702 is crossing a small wooden trestle just west of milepost T-91
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:44:27 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
Farmland
Title:  Farmland
Description:  No 1702 is nearing a small rural crossing at milepost T-94. Within the 94 is the Will Sandlin Tunnel, largely inaccessable without a long hike involved.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:45:35 PM
Location:  Rhodo, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
Another small wood trestle
Title:  Another small wood trestle
Description:  With bell clanging, No 1702 crosses one of many small wooden trestles on the Topton to Andrews segment.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:49:11 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
The End of the Line
Title:  The End of the Line
Description:  No 1702 rolls into Andrews and the faded milepost T-99. Passengers on the train detrained here and rode buses back to Dillsboro, the train would later leave back eastbound empty. The house to the left is the Tracks End Bed and Breakfast.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:50:23 PM
Location:  Andrews, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  1013   Comments: 0
No 1702
Title:  No 1702
Description:  With the train returning east the same afternoon, more opportunities to grab photos of the 1702 at other locations were made possible and with the headliight on, as if it were leading. Here she is again at Rhodo, NC, but just chilling out for the ride back to her normal Tuckaseegee River trip between Dillsboro and Bryson City.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:54:11 PM
Location:  Rhodo, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  544   Comments: 1
Really short wooden trestle
Title:  Really short wooden trestle
Description:  At milepost T-93, No 1702 and friends have just passed over a really short wooden trestle.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:56:40 PM
Location:  Rhodo, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Farms and Barns
Title:  Farms and Barns
Description:  The whole line of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is absolutely beautiful, but the segment from milepost 80 to Andrews is by far my favorite. I sure wish GSMRR ran this part on a regular basis.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:58:07 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
Mountain and 1702
Title:  Mountain and 1702
Description:  1702 Passing through a residents front lawn and private crossing at milepost T-91.5 things are not so pretty 2/10s of a mile here as a land owner, upset with GSMRR for claiming their ROW, took it at liberty to pile up junk cars from his junkyard as high as he possibly could to block out the view.....oh well, some people have no respect for the beauty they are blessed to live in.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 10:59:49 PM
Location:  Topton, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
Thick foliage
Title:  Thick foliage
Description:  No 1702 slowly rolls down the grade. This section of track has been upgraded with 100lb rail completely between mp 87 and mp 88. Most of the GSMRR is 85lb rail.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:03:12 PM
Location:  Nantahala, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
15 mins before the law hits
Title:  15 mins before the law hits
Description:  GSMRR crew members swap out at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, the crew that has been relieved was within 15 minutes of their hours of service.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:06:30 PM
Location:  Wesser, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  839   Comments: 0
Last Tuckasegee River crossing
Title:  Last Tuckasegee River crossing
Description:  1702 crosses the last Tuckasegee River bridge just west of Bryson City.
Photo Date:  5/23/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2004 11:10:18 PM
Location:  Bryson City, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GSMR 1702(2-8-0)
Views:  790   Comments: 1

Page 1 of 1

Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors		   Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net