Tweetsie. officially the East Tennessee and West-ern North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), was the first railroad to cross the Blue Ridge. She opened up moun-tain country, which had previously known only isola-tion and remoteness.Tweetsie made her last scheduled run in 1950. Then, in 1956, the people of North Carolina and Ten-nessee, and lovers of railroad lore everywhere, were filled with excitement when the gallant train was res-cued from oblivion and began operating over three miles of track at Blowing Rock, North Carolina. "Tweetsie's back!" were words repeated thousands of times in the Blue idge.
The authors claim that they have written, not a history, but "a song to Tweetsie." Here is history never-theless. . and legend.. .and a loving look at the mountains and their people. It is a delightful story of the best loved of all the doughty little narrow gauges-Tweetsie ~ the little engine that could, and still does!
