A Visit To The Craggy Mountain Line Railroad
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Rocky Hollifield is the president of Craggy Mountain Line Inc., which owns the Craggy Mountain Line Railroad.
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On Friday, June 2, 2023, we visited the super nice folks of the Craggy Mountain Line to take a ride in the historic trolley that runs on their 3 miles of track.
This video includes an interview with Rocky Hollifield (owner/founder) and coverage of the whole line with drone and onboard footage of this super cool little operation!
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Craggy Mountain Line, Inc. is a non-profit organization which was formed in 2001 in order to acquire the last three miles of the Craggy Mountain line, an historic section of railroad located in Buncombe County, NC.
Craggy Mountain Line, Inc. operates approximately 3.45 miles of rail line known as the Asheville to Craggy Branch, which is part of the former Southern Railroad located in Woodfin Township, Buncombe County, NC.
The line will be preserved in an operable state and open to the public. Historic railroad equipment has been acquired and is currently being restored to its original condition for display on the line.
Since the beginning we have been diligently working to restore our equipment to operating condition, including track rehabilitation.
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FUTURE PLANS:
Future Plans for the Line include:
1. Developing a museum which will be open to the public. The museum will display railroad memorabilia and information about the history of the line and its significance to the development of the area.
2. Acquiring and restoring railroad cars, engines, and equipment to display for public exhibition.
3. Allowing community non profit organizations providing assistance to use boxcars as storage for surplus foods, clothing, and other goods accumulated for distribution.
4. Offer a train ride to Riverside Park and recreation center alongside railroad right-of-way for passengers.
5. Form a Railcar Club open to individuals interested in trolleys.
6. Form a model Railroad Club for individuals interested in model railroading.
7. Establish an operating trolley and inter-urban cars along the line.
8. Have special events and seasonal trains year-round.
you videos are so good i love the intros
Very good video!!
Thank you very much!
3% grade pretty steep, nice place!🛤🚂
Definitely!
hey i went there a couple of months ago
A fun and historical experience!!
I'm am very sorry I did not make it to the live premiere earlier, I was very busy!
Thank you for understanding, Nathan.
All the folks at Craggy Mountain Line are very nice, the trolley is lots of fun and historical, loved it!, and thank you for the informative video Nathan!!
They definitely are! Thank you for watching!
Very Good Video
Thank you, Jaden!
If you’re ever in the Hendersonville area I would recommend the apple valley model rr there open Saturday 10-2 and Wednesday 1-3.
I will definitely check that out!
@@blueridgerails alright I hope to see you there
Been there, done that! Lovely model railroad, would love to sit it on an ops session there sometime.
@@waynejenkins8242 you could come talk to one of the members and they’d probably let you.
Great job! Well done documentary and history of this trolley line. Keep up the good work . Looking forward to your next video.👍
Thank you so much! I am so glad you like the content!!
Truly a little Homespun Museum it appears to be decently organized and certainly puts a new perspective on a motor car street car. 3% grades are fairly heavy duty. And while one doesn't think of interurbans or streetcars as much in the Southeast as in the Midwest Duke Power did run their share. A nice little trip for the family as the volunteers seem to enjoy showing off the operation. Thanks for sharing and letting the viewers know about this small but interesting niche in history. Looking at #7 I can very well see a successful Caboose train
It definitely is, Rocky does a great job with keeping the museum going strong and well! It is definitely a fun ride for the whole family, the caboose train is coming very soon!
Both you and Kyle produce some fantastic and interesting videos, keep up the great work!
Thank you! Kyle is such a great person and his videos are fantastic! I'm super glad you like both of ours!
I Would Love to Check this Place out
Come on up!!
Awesome video Nate!!❤ I enjoy all your video’s especially the informational videos. Keep up the great work and look forward to your next one. ❤
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you like them!
I took a visit to this railroad for the first time recently for their hayride on rails, plus do a video there of course lol. And I must say it was something really special and unfortunately something I overlooked long ago. Rocky was a neat gentleman and everyone there knew what they were doing in keeping that fine trolley system / piece of southern railway system alive. And this video was what mostly boosted me to finally go there.
Glad you enjoyed your experience! Rocky is a super incredible guy, very knowledgeable. They are definitely keeping this unique piece of history alive and and well.
I'm glad you enjoyed this video aswell! Thanks for watching!
@@blueridgerails And if you’re interested, you can make the rockton, rion and western railroad near winnsboro, sc as one of your next visits. Again totally up to you.
@@railroadvelocipedeproducti2020 I would love to make one!
@@blueridgerails Cool!
@@blueridgerails And btw when I was there, I asked one of the volunteers (not featured in this video just to point that out) if they plan to have the gramlings themselves bring one of their tank engines there for steam operations and apparently told me they had that idea in mind for a while, I just imagine not till the caboose trains are up and running and get in proper contact with them lol.
I’m glad I was able to be a part of this. Thanks for interviewing me. I hope you guys come back soon.
Caleb.
Thank you for helping out! It was a blast, we will be back!!!
Caleb, we enjoyed the day and getting to hang out with all of you guys at Craggy, Thank you!! We'll see y'all soon.