Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

This is not to be confused with the Smoky Mountain RR in Tennessee.

3 was built by Lima on October 15, 1912, #2593. It was a standard gauge locomotive. In 1917 it became Tennga Lumber Co. 3 also at Conasauga, TN. In March 1919 it was sold to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. as #1466 at Atlanta, GA. On August 22, 1919, it was sold to W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.as SMRy 3 at Proctor, NC. It was later converted to 36" gauge and transferred to the Ritter property at McClure, VA. In 1938 it was sold to Coal Processing Corporation as 3 at Dixiana, VA. In 1960 it was sold to Roaring Camp & Big Timbers as 1.

35 was built by Lima in August 1910, #2366, as Raleigh & Southwestern RR 35.  It was sold to SMRy as 35 in January 24, 1921, and then transferred to W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. as 35 in October 1938.  It became Brimstone RR in 1942.  Georgia=Pacific acquired the line and it became Brimstone & New River Ry in July 1965.  It was closed in October 1954 and purchased by Southern Ry. in April 1965.  It was loamed to the Tennessee Valley RR Museum and then to Yolo Short Line RR.  It was sold to Matt Brieve in 1992 and then to Silver Bend Tree Farm in 1995.  It was stored in parts and sold to sold to various individuals in 2010 and 2014.  It was sold to Eskbank Loco Depot and Museum in Augusst 2014..

15 was built by H K Porter in March 1917, #5966, as Mesta Machine Works 4.  It was sold as Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15 and sold as SARy 15 in 1965.  It was sold as Toledo Lake Erie & Western 15 in 1975 and rebuilt at Strasburg RR as Thomas the Tank Engine 1 in 1998.

Swain County Chamber of Commerce

This unknown caboose is the visitor center.

Thermal Belt Ry.

1, SCm, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1938, #718, FN E209-1, as Union Terminal Ry of St Joseph 5.  It was transferred as St Joseph Belt Ry 5 and renumbered 6005 in 1962.  It was sold to Precision Engineering Co on August 9, 1965, and sold as Pickens RR 3.  It was sold to Birmingham Rail and Locomotive and sold to Duke Power.  It was sent to Chattahoochee Locomotive and rebuilt with a Cummins engine as Duke 117 for the Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant.  When it was halted in 1982, it was sold as TBRY1.

Virginia & Carolina Southern

1031 was built by Baldwin in June 1913, #39884, as Atlantic Coast Line 1031, Class K-15.  It was sold as V&CR 1031 in 1952 and transferred as East Carolina RR 1031.  It was donated to City of Florence SC in 1959 and donated to North Carolina Transportation Museum in 1993,

3 was built by Lima in June 1910, #1116.  It was sold as Argent Lumber Co 5 and sold to Stone Machine Co in January 1960.  It was sold to George Roose in 1964 and sold to the Ramey family later.  It is offered for sale by D F Barnhardt.

Wilmington Terminal Ry.

1287, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1966, #31117, FN 4491-8, as Texas & Pacific 1287.  It became Missouri Pacific 1287 in October 1976 and retired on February 28, 1985.  It was sold to Precision National as PNC 1287 on April 11, 1985, and sold as North Carolina Port Ry 1204.  It was resold as WTRY 1204.

Winston-Salem Southbound Ry.

834.

Yadkin RR

100, Model 10, was built by Edwards Ry Motor Car Co in 1924.  It was sold as Chesterfield & Lancaster RR 100 in 1932.  When the line was abandoned, it was sold as a shoe shop in Chesterfield and later became a concession stand at the Chesterfield ball park.  It was put in the county landfill until 2000 when it was stored in Norwood, NC.  It is owned by Alexander Chapter, NRHS and efforts are being done to restore the car.