The working cab of a Heisler locomotive, now used to pull the Durbin Rocket excursion train from Durbin, West Virginia. The Heisler belongs to a class of engines called "geared locomotives" as power is distributed to both sets of wheels. Included in this class are also "Shay" and "Climax" locomotives.
Buying a ticket on the Tweetsie Railroad in the former Linville, North Carolina Depot. The depot was moved from Linville to Newland, North Carolina and is now used as a museum of the fallen flag. The "Tweetsie" Railroad, founded in 1882, orginally ran from Johnson City, Tennessee to Cranberry, North Carolina. In 1919, it was extended to Boone, North Carolina and operated to this remote mountain community until 1940.
