Heritage route
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Bryson City → Nantahala Gorge · United States
The spectacular train-wreck scene in The Fugitive (1993) was staged on this line; the wrecked locomotive still sits trackside near Dillsboro.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad?
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad runs 71 km from Bryson City to Nantahala Gorge.
How long does the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 30 min for the 71 km. That is an average of 16 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad?
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, with EMD diesel, Baldwin 1702 steam.
How old is the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad?
The line has been in service since 1988. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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