ELIZABETHTON â The popular Tweetsie Trail could possibly have its length extended by 50%, with a connection to a growing mountain bike trail section.
That was the possibility being considered by the Carter County Commissionâs Building and Grounds Committee on Tuesday evening. The committee voted unanimously to recommend to the full County Commission that a donation of approximately 28 acres of land between Valley Forge and Hampton be accepted by the county. The land is on property that formerly was used for the narrow gauge tracks of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad.
The donation has already been studied by the Carter County Parks and Recreation Board. Chairman Ken Gough said the land could be used to extend the Tweetsie Trail from its current end at Hatcher Lane along State Line Road. He said some stretches of highways and streets would be needed for part of the trail extension, but the land could be used to build a trail from the end of Mill Pond R
ELIZABETHTON â The city of Elizabethton should become the proud owner of a train on Thursday, when the Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce makes an offer to the Elizabethton City Council to present the antique train display to the city.
The display sits on the side of U.S. Highway 19E on property that housed the Chamber of Commerce until last year, when the chamber moved to its new location in the downtown area.
Since the Chamber no longer operated out of the property on U.S. Highway 19E, the board of directors decided to present the train to the city.
FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce
America s first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Early beginnings
Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails…
Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freight. Termed “wagonways,” the earliest were begun in the 1720s. In addition to the British and colonists using wagonways in North America, the French used a wagonway to haul construction materials to their fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in New France (now Canada) in 1720.
The City of Wilmington is working toward defining a new rail route. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
WILMINGTON – The City of Wilmington is making headway to sort out the engineering, environmental and economic logistics for its extensive and potentially billion-dollar rail realignment project.
Design work is nearing the 15% mark; federally-required environmental studies are almost halfway through; and the roles of stakeholders are being clarified through an economic feasibility study to be released this June, according to Aubrey Parsley, director of the project. All this work should ultimately narrow down options and lead to a final decision on the new freight route.
Sydenham Benoni ALEXANDER, Congress, NC (1840-1921) ALEXANDER Sydenham Benoni , a Representative from North Carolina; born at ``Rosedale, near
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., December 8, 1840; attended preparatory
schools at Rocky River and Wadesboro, N.C.; was graduated from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1860; during the Civil War enlisted in the
Confederate Army in 1861 as a private in the First Regiment, North Carolina
Volunteer Infantry; elected captain of Company K, Forty-second North Carolina
Regiment, in June 1862; detached from his company in 1864 and served as
inspector general on the staff of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke; member of the State