Tweetsie’s Trains
Tweetsie Railroad is proud to operate two vintage steam locomotives: the #12 "Tweetsie" and the #190 "Yukon Queen". When you visit Tweetsie Railroad during the operating season, the train will be pulled by one of these historic engines.
Locomotive #12 is the last surviving narrow-gauge steam locomotive of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), which ran train service from Johnson City TN to Boone NC from 1919 to 1940. When the Tweetsie Railroad theme park opened in 1957, this was our sole locomotive.
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n 1960, Tweetsie Railroad acquired another steam locomotive, the #190 "Yukon Queen" from Alaska's White Pass & Yukon Railway.
Both locomotives are coal-fired narrow-gauge engines, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. #12 was completed in 1917, and #190 in 1943. Before entering service at Tweetsie Railroad, the locomotives were put into operating condition by veteran engineer Frank Coffey, who trained new generations in Tweetsie's on-site steam train repair shop.
TWEETSIE RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE SPECIFICATIONS
| No. 12 “Tweetsie” |
No. 190 “Yukon Queen” |
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|---|---|---|
| Builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia | Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia |
| Original Service | East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad | US Army Transportation Corps White Pass & Yukon |
| Completed | 1917 | 1943 |
| Const. No. | 45069 | 69425 |
| Fuel | Coal | Coal |
| Working Weight | Approx. 82.5 Tons | Approx. 105 Tons |
| Arrangement | 4-6-0 | 2-8-2 |
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Visitor Comments
“I just wanted to send you all a note to thank you for being around for all of these years. I came to Tweetsie as a kid (back in the late 70's) and had a great time. Now, I get to bring my kids back to do the same. We brought our then four year old daughter last October for the first time. She had been asking ever since "When can we go back?" We were able to bring her back this past Sunday and she was absolutely thrilled. She is now asking when we can bring her baby sister to Tweetsie with us. So I want to thank you all again for doing such a wonderful job and to say that we are already planning to see Tweetsie again year!”
-Guest from NC
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