They have a nice Shay locomotive. This stop is good for about an hour of your time. The history is interesting.
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The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum
US 321, Townsend, TN
Ranked #11 of 19 attractions in Townsend
10 Reviews
Type: Speciality Museums
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Simpsonville, SC
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If you're interested in the history of Townsend, make sure to drop by and pay these folks a visit...The railroad played a very large part of Townsend history~
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Villa Rica, GA
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We drove all the way just for this only to find out it is only open during weekends in April...so disappointing. Check or call before you go.
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This is a hidden gem with lots of information on the little railroad logging company. Easy to drive right by but a nice stop. Good stop for kids to run around and see train engine. Interesting info about a less visited area than busy gattlinburg. If you are tired of water slides and rippley's, believe it or not then this...
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Townsend, Tennessee
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The full sized engine, coal car and water tank is wonderful as is the display of train memorabilia in the museum. The museum is an excellent resource of information about the early years in Townsend and logging the smokies before the park was established. If you ever wondered how the sinks became the sinks (rock formation and waterfall in Little...
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Lincoln Park, Michigan
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I instantly spotted this Museum because here in Michigan we work & service all Railroads. Ie: CSX, CP Rail, NS & Amtrack!
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Sevierville, Tennessee
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I visited the museum to do research for a project I'm doing for work. The staff was incredibly helpful and knowledgable! The museum itself has a lot of amazing photos and artifacts, and its also FREE! It holds a great amount of Smoky Mountain history that is hard to find anywhere else!
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My husband and I decided to vist the Little River Railroad & Lumber Museum while we were vacationing in Gatlinburg over the July 4th week/weekend. I thought it would be a nice stop for the husband since he enjoys trains and history.
To get to the Little River Railroad & Lumber Museum, we turned at light #3 in Pigeon Forge...
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I was on a trip to Cade's Cove with my husband when we passed a shay on the side of Highway 321 near the west entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My husband is an HO scale modeler so of course we had to stop.
That is how we found this cute little train museum. After spending a...
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