The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Motorcar Excursion 2017

Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad motorcar excursion that was held on May 20 and 21, 2017. The trip traveled from Andrews, North Carolina to Dillsboro, NC. We stayed overnight in Dillsboro and returned the next day. This was a NARCOA sanctioned run. The trip was 102 round-trip miles and traveled through two tunnels and crossed 25 bridges.
What is NARCOA? www.narcoa.org/

[@marcdenton2996]

What a great way to see America....and you get to peek into people’s back yards!

[@phyllishamilton165]

Wonderful video and what a terrific hobby -- you folks are great!!!

[@gutbucket260]

Recognized a few spots from trout fishing and kayaking the Tuckaseegee and Nantahala rivers and taking the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad a few times.

[@waynebarker8054]

Great video of great run Lamar

[@johngee5817]

omg I've seen so many Historical Cars & Engines on this one ride / video so fricking sweet ... really wish i was in a position to do this let lone have a ole timey MOW Railcar

[@motorcarlamar]

It's a lot of fun. I've been doing this for 14 years now and I still don't have a motorcar, just a good friend that does and I get to go on these runs with him.

[@beerlover5000]

how are people able to do this..i have seen tons or rail car videos but so far have been unable to find sites showing me how to get permission to do the same...unless im searching for the wrong think...any help would be great thank you in advance

[@motorcarlamar]

You can't just "get permission" to do this. You MUST be a member of NARCOA. This is a highly organized activity that can only be performed through an Event Coordinator with NARCOA and the host railroad. It takes weeks to put together one of these runs.

[@westonself1833]

That would have been interesting

[@rileysanesh9238]

Where is steam train 1702!and the diesels nos.1755,711,777,2467 and 1751 in the video when there was a motor car excursion

[@motorcarlamar]

When the locos are not running, they are parked at the railroad shops in Dillsboro.

[@paulbetka2966]

When you ride the rails. Are you on active train tracks. ❓❓😲 Can you. Have you's gone from town to town and spent the night ❓👍

[@motorcarlamar]

Thank you for the question. The railroads we use are active tracks. When we have an excursion, it is carefully coordinated with the host railroad. In simple terms, we rent the railroad for a day or two. We do pay for the use of the tracks. Most of the railroads we use don't run on the weekend so it's not a problem. The tracks in this video used to be an active railroad, but is now a very popular tourist railroad that does run on weekends, so we do have to schedule to be in a siding at a certain time so the train can get by. Yes, there are excursions that go over night. There are some runs that can last several days, traveling hundreds of miles. A lot goes into planning these trips since you have to reserve hotel rooms and restaurants etc.

[@paulbetka2966]

Thanks Lamar 👍 Interesting & the beautiful sights and scenery ❤️🙏🏻👍🇺🇸

[@pauljohansson6245]

They're called speeders

[@motorcarlamar]

The official term from Fairmont is Motor Car.

[@arthurtrice3509]

Motor car

[@speedshift5792]

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