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East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12

Coordinates: 36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750
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East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12 is located in North Carolina
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12 is located in the United States
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina 12
LocationTweetsie RR theme park, jct. of Tweetsie RR Rd. and US 321, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Coordinates36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Built byBaldwin Locomotive Works
NRHP reference No.92000147[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1992

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12, also known as Tweetsie Locomotive #12, is a historic locomotive located near Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. It is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive of the ten-wheeled 4-6-0 type. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950, and Locomotive #12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow gauge engines still in existence. The locomotive is located at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A.W. Phillips (October 1991). "East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.