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Carter Railroad Museum to host "Lil' Ones" on Feb. 27 | Local News

The George L. Carter Railroad Museum, located in the Campus Center Building of East Tennessee State University, will restart its popular monthly Heritage program with short lines and industrial rails themed “Lil’ Ones” today. With COVID-19 safety protocols in place, visitors will be welcomed in to view equipment used on industrial-based rail operations as well as short connecting lines of both yesterday and today. This includes the museum’s nationally recognized “Tweetsie” — East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad — narrow gauge representation, one of four operating model train layouts in the facility. While many of the monthly Heritage Day events focus on larger operations and equipment, this event showcases the smaller companies that once coupled the national rail system together. Some of these operations ran “mixed trains,” referring to a smaller scheduled train that combined freight and passenger service into a single t

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