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Histories and Links Related to the ET&WNC Railroad

Hosted here by the Historical Society you will find a repository of historical documents and compilations of historical documents that relate to the ET&WNC Railroad and the area in which the railroad served. These documents have been compiled and donated by the individuals listed and will be of great interest to fans and researchers of the railroad. Please contact us if you have similar historical documents that you would like to contribute.

Also included are links to outside information and business sites relevant to the ET&WNC Railroad and of interest to our members and railroad fans. If you enjoy email interactions with hundreds of other ET&WNC RR fans be sure to check out and join ETWNC@groups.io where you can ask questions, post news, and find photos and files related to our favorite little narrow gauge.

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Histories

A Short History of the ET&WNC Railroad
By Johnny Graybeal - Past President


A Draft Documentary History of the Cranberry Iron Mine in Mitchell County, North Carolina
By William C. Schneck, Jr.
16 MB - 241 pages - PDF


The May Tide Flood
Courtesy of William C. Schneck, Jr.
4 MB - 7 pages
- PDF


1924 Watauga Democrat Story - LRRy Extension to Blowing Rock
Courtesy of James Heath
An interesting "what if" news story
.5 MB - 1 page
- JPG


A Draft Documentary History of the Johnson City & Carnegie Street Railway and the Johnson City Traction Company
By William C. Schneck, Jr.
16 MB - 214 pages - PDF


Whiting Railroad Research Notes: Tracing the Whiting Railroad from Boone
to Tater Hill

By James Heath
5.5 MB - 68 pages - PDF


Unionization on the ET&WNC - 1926
Courtesy of William C. Schneck, Jr.
.5 MB - 1 page - PDF

A Draft Documentary History of Clinchfield Operations in
Johnson City

12 MB - 117 pages - PDF


 

 

Logging Railroads Along the ET&WNC Railroad
By William C. Schneck, Jr.

A Draft Documentary History of the H.L. White Lumber Company
at Elk Park, North Carolina, 1910-1916(?)
5 MB - 66 pages - PDF

A Revised Draft Documentary History of the Sanford & Treadway
at Newland and Linville, North Carolina (1916-1924), and the
D.&H. McRae Lumber Company at Linville (1924-1944?)

9 MB - 103 pages - PDF

A Draft Documentary History of William E. Uptegrove & Brother and
their Operations in East Tennessee,
1897-1933, including White Rock
Mountain, 1900-1904?, and Johnson City, 1897-1933, as well as the
Johnson City, Bakersville & Southern Railway, 1899-1909

20 MB - 299 pages - PDF

 

 

 

Industries Along the ET&WNC and Clinchfield
Railroad
s through Johnson City
By William C. Schneck, Jr.


Part1: West of Sevier Street, between West Walnut Street
and the Barrett Railroad Yard, 1901-1946

15 MB - 219 pages - PDF

Part 2: From South Roan Street to Sevier Street and from
Jobe Street to Ash Street, 1883-1946

30 MB - 330 pages - PDF

Part 3: From Division Street to the ETV&G Railroad/Southern
Railway and from East Main Street to Jobe Street, 1868-1946

32 MB - 308 pages - PDF

Part 4: Between Orleans and South Roan Streets, 1884-Present
30 MB - 263 pages - PDF

Part 5: Between Division and Orleans Streets, 1884-Present
32 MB - 188 pages - PDF

Part 6: Industries Along the ET&WNC and the Clinchfield near
the Carnegie Addition, 1882-Present

45 MB - 454 pages - PDF

 

 

Businesses Along the ET&V/ETV&G/Southern
Railway in Downtown Johnson City

By William C. Schneck, Jr.

Part 1: The Hotel Piedmont Block and Adjacent Buildings
(Between Wilson and Main Streets, East of the Southern Mainline
and West of Buffalo Street)

24 MB - 315 pages - PDF

Part 2: The Jobe Block and Adjacent Buildings, 1883-Present
(100-110 East Main Street and 101-107 Buffalo Street)

36 MB - 422 pages - PDF


Part 3: The East Fountain Square Block
47 MB - 586 pages - PDF


Part 4: Trackside Businesses Between the Clinchfield Mainline and
Market Steet, Along the West Side of the Southern Railway Mainline,
in Downtown Johnson City

48 MB - 551 pages - PDF

 

 

Links

ETWNC@groups.io - Join the ET&WNC Email Group

ETWNC Railroad Historical Society Facebook Pages

Johnson's Depot - ET&WNC History

A Modern-Day ET&WNC Photo Album

YouTube Videos - ET&WNC

Johnson City Railroad Experience - George L. Carter Railroad Museum

Avery County Historical Museum

Southeastern Narrow Gauge and Shortline Museum

North Carolina Transportation Museum - Spencer Shops

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Tweetsie Railroad Theme Park

Doe River Gorge

Tweetsie Trail

Rails-To-Trails - Tweetsie Trail

The Blue Ridge Stemwinder Book

ET&WNC Railroad Maps

The Stemwinder CD

Archives of Appalachia - ETSU

Tarheel Press

Digital Watauga

Slim Rails

3DPTrain - 3D Printed ET&WNC Models

Deerfield River Laser

Wiseman Model Services

Trout Creek Engineering

Carolina Craftsman Kits

Ben Merritt - 3D Printed ET&WNC Models

The ET&WNC Railroad Historical Society
207 North Boone Street, Suite 2000
Johnson City, TN 37604


www.etwncrrhs.org