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Coordinates: 36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750
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East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad 12
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number45069
Model10-26-D
Build dateFebruary 1917
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-0
Loco weight98,800 lb (44,800 kg)
Total weight60,000 lb (27,000 kg)
Fuel typeCoal
Water cap.3,000 US gal (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal)
Boiler pressure180 psi (1.24 MPa)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Career
Operators
Class10-26-D
Numbers
  • ET&WNC 12
  • TR 12
NicknamesTweetsie
Retired1940 (1st retirement)
1954 (2nd retirement)
Restored1953 (1st restoration)
July 4, 1957 (2nd restoration)
Current ownerTweetsie Railroad
DispositionUndergoing major overhaul
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12 is located in North Carolina
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12 is located in the United States
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12
LocationTweetsie RR theme park, jct. of Tweetsie RR Rd. and US 321, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Coordinates36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750
Arealess than one acre
BuiltFebruary 1917
Built byBaldwin Locomotive Works
NRHP reference No.92000147[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1992

East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad No. 12, also known as Tweetsie Railroad No. 12, is a narrow-gauge 10-26-D class 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive located near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. It is preserved and operated by the Tweetsie Railroad.

History

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No. 12 was built in February 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad.[2] After retirement in 1940, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950 and No. 12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow-gauge engines still in existence, it would be put into storage for the next fourteen years.[2] It was sold to the Shenandoah Central in 1952 where it was restored in 1953 and continued to operate in service until its second retirement in 1954.[2]

No. 12 was put up for sale again and was later sold to the Tweetsie Railroad theme park in 1957, where it received a full restoration and began pulling excursion trains around the park on July 4, 1957.[2] Today, No. 12 continues to operate at the Tweetsie Railroad along with former White Pass and Yukon Route 2-8-2 No. 190.[2]

The locomotive became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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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