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| Author: | tweetsie12 [ Fri May 04, 2018 12:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Okay, I think It's clear that I am a BIG fan of both the ET&WNC Railroad and the Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, NC. Part of Tweetsie Railroad's original consist was Excursion Car #11:  (It's the car in the back there.) However, there's a bit of an issue: What happened to it? From What I can note, It's not in Tweetsie's possession anymore, and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about where the coach went after leaving Tweetsie, and I can't find anything at all! Can I have some help here?
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Fri May 04, 2018 6:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
I searched all kinds of keywords, and I could not find any reference to a restoration of a Tweetsie passenger car. |
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| Author: | tweetsie12 [ Fri May 04, 2018 9:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
softwerkslex wrote: I searched all kinds of keywords, and I could not find any reference to a restoration of a Tweetsie passenger car. Interesting. |
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| Author: | Chris Webster [ Fri May 04, 2018 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
softwerkslex wrote: I searched all kinds of keywords, and I could not find any reference to a restoration of a Tweetsie passenger car. ET&WNC Combine #15 is being restored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer.
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| Author: | p51 [ Fri May 04, 2018 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
The excursion car was scrapped and burned at Tweetsie RR in Blowing Rock several years ago. Their former EBT coach rides on its trucks now, I've heard. Combine #15 is being restored at Spencer. |
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| Author: | Mike Stillwell [ Fri May 04, 2018 3:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
The excursion car was scrapped a long time ago. Probably at least 30 years ago. Mike Stillwell Buena Vista, VA. |
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| Author: | Crescent-Zephyr [ Fri May 04, 2018 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
p51 wrote: The excursion car was scrapped and burned at Tweetsie RR in Blowing Rock several years ago. Their former EBT coach rides on its trucks now, I've heard. Combine #15 is being restored at Spencer. Is Combine #15 being restored for the Tweetsie operation? Or is it part of the Spencer Museum? |
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| Author: | CA1 [ Fri May 04, 2018 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Wasn't there another ETWNC passenger car that survived that became a restaurant or something ? shame the 4-6-0 #11 wasn't saved and donated to Johnson city. Apparently that came very close to happening. |
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| Author: | Phil Raynes [ Fri May 04, 2018 11:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Having talked to a couple of folk who have either worked at Tweetsie, or are in the know Tweetsie fans, I believe the metal parts of the excursion car are still on the Tweetsie property behind the shop. There are, however, no plans to rebuild the car from the bits & pieces. |
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| Author: | p51 [ Sat May 05, 2018 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
CA1 wrote: Wasn't there another ETWNC passenger car that survived that became a restaurant or something ? Coach 23 became the Tweetsie Diner at Newland, NC. It was out of business when I saw it at the age of 11 in 1981.  It burned down a few years later. |
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| Author: | Phil Raynes [ Sat May 05, 2018 11:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Lee is correct about #23. One more sister of #23 survived for a few years (not sure if it was #22 or #24?), and was supposed to be brought to the site of the Doe River Gorge Playland (Hillbilly World). I have not seen photos of it there, but supposedly it, too, was burned. Since I go there to help the camp there keep their track & equipment in shape, I would love to know where its last site was, as I have wondered if any metal parts survived. It would be fun to go over the area with a metal detector, but we have no clue where it was. Also, much of the site has been re-graded, so its location may have been buried over the years. |
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| Author: | tweetsie12 [ Sun May 06, 2018 7:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Contacted Tweetsie Railroad about my question, and apparently, it was converted into one of their current excursion cars, but it's been so long they can't remember which one! |
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| Author: | Phil Raynes [ Sun May 06, 2018 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Sadly, it is not true about "conversion" into another car. Not sure who you talked to, but all of their excursion cars are built on extended ex-EBT hopper car frames, which can be confirmed by looking underneath them. Their ex-EBT coach #5 is currently riding on ET&WNC excursion car #11's trucks. |
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| Author: | junior [ Mon May 07, 2018 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
Was coach 23 one of those purchased from EBT as well?....Kind of looks like the EBT #8. |
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| Author: | p51 [ Mon May 07, 2018 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ET&WNC Excursion car #11, WHAT HAPPENED?! |
junior wrote: Was coach 23 one of those purchased from EBT as well?....Kind of looks like the EBT #8. No, this coach was sold off when they got rid of their passenger coaches when the excursions ended. Later, realizing their error, they bought coaches from a New England line for the WW2 commuter trains to/from the rayon mills in Elizabethton. |
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