Dollywood Express 70 & 192: Smoky Mountain Christmas 2020

The tail end of 2020 saw Dollywood once again celebrate their annual Smoky Mountain Christmas, using hundreds of thousands of lights to transform the park into a holiday wonderland. For the entire month-and-a-half celebration the park was near the maximum capacity allowable during the ongoing pandemic and reservations were hard to come by; I was only able to get in on December 2nd and then a month later on January 2nd. Engine 70 "Cinderella" was pulling the express for most of December, however in the first & final weeks of the season 192 "Klondike Katie" was hauling the train, decked out in Christmas lights for the first time in several years. In spite of everything going on it was great to see some steam once more before the winter doldrums.
Music:
Christmas Village by Aaron Kenny from the KZbin Audio Library
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[@Thomasboi01]

Dollywood 192 & 70 put on a great whistle show! Nice run-by scenes and I love the whistles and "jingle bells". I love it when they said "blow the whistle"! Nice video.

[@TyTytheTrainGuy]

Outstanding video! Both 70 and 192 can put on a great show.

[@stevensainerailfanproductions]

Amazing video. We just missed you on January 2nd. We went on the 1st.

[@SteamZRailfan]

Awesome video! Great shots of both locomotives! Funny thing, I went on the first and was very surprised to see 192.

[@TrainChamber]

I havent seen some of these shots done before. Amazing work!

[@christopherjamieson1668]

I like the sound of 70. It’s the exact same sound as 190 at Tweetsie Railroad.

[@dcstone]

Good to see Katie out for Christmas, it's been many a year since she last was. Quite unfortunate they tore down all the cabins though.

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

I wonder how you Americans celebrate Christmas. Perhaps it's slightly different to what we do in the UK.

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

I think it might be interesting to see Cinderella doing the Ghost Train signal on either her Crosby or the Southern 3 chime.

[@RailfanDude610]

At video clip

[@thecarolinianrailfan8339]

Nice

[@greatsmokymtnsrailfan]

Awesome! I still have yet to go there. Maybe soon.

[@duaeditsandplays]

Nice video.i also hope you go to the huckleberry railroad or the new hope & ivyland railroad this year. if you know those railroad's for now take care.

[@TNRailProductions_01]

Outstanding video! I have a question about the 107 photo charter. When we booked the tickets they never gave us any details about what time we are supposed to arrive in downtown Knoxville. Do you have any Idea when that would be?

[@kmfetz]

Hey does anybody know if Union Pacific 3985 or any challenger is still preserved? sorry it’s not related to the video

[@SantaFe19484]

Nice video!

[@Thomasboi01]

Need a steam ride? Call "dollywood express". Come have a ride in the smokies.

[@Nebula905]

What camera do you use? The quality is next level!