Railroading is in Mike Tilleyâs blood.
âMy daddy used to take me over to Erwin a lot to watch trains years ago, and I just said âHey, I wanna do that.ââ
Thatâs one of the reasons why, after a 40-year career with the railroad, Tilley continues to explore his interest in trains with the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum.
The society repairs and restores vintage train cars, sponsors passenger excursions on them and leases them out. The societyâs most recent restoration project is the 110-year-old Clinchfield 100, which served as Santaâs car on the Santa Train from the 1950s until the early 1980s.
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