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 visited Tweetsie as a kid in the early 70's. I am so thrilled to have found it thriving! I would love to take my kids for a visit.”
-Guest from New Hampshire
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