Scenic route
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Bryson City → Nantahala Gorge · United States
- Distance
- 71 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
- Train
- EMD diesel · Baldwin 1702 steam
- Countries
- United States
- In service since
- 1988
- Riders per year
- ≈ 200k
The spectacular train-wreck scene in The Fugitive (1993) was staged on this line; the wrecked locomotive still sits trackside near Dillsboro.
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