Hiwassee River Railroad excursion deals with tree blocking tracks

Shot on Aug. 1, 2007. A Hiwassee River excursion train comes upon a large tree blocking the rails deep in the gorge outside of Etowah, Tenn. With no outside help available the crew (and ultimately passengers) team up and fix the problem. Originally shot during a documentary but not included in the final cut, this video hasn't been seen in its entirety in about five years. Enjoy!

[@jamesd2128]

Nice job, she pulls like a locomotive !

[@TrainMike2013]

If their track inspection team had done an inspection the day before like they should have, they would have found this obstruction and dealt with it before the excursion.

[@skymaster5543]

Do the passengers get a refund?????

[@markduncan6690]

That tree could be quite dangerous! Stand well back!

[@robertsnyder5149]

The guy with the chainsaw didn't really know what he was doing.

[@garybanglebangle7949]

Where was this fun. In what state

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Well it's 6 minutes and 30 seconds he says Tennessee is number one I'm guessing there in Tennessee

[@jamesshanks2614]

Go back out there and pick up the remainder of the tree, free fuel for the wood stove back at the shop.

[@jbrannon509]

We had an accident at this same mile post last week! Here's my short video.
ua-cam.com/video/K4fmpF30868/v-deo.html

[@davidanderson7465]

did u say mainline. lol

[@davidanderson7465]

how do u spell bozos

[@mikejones8696]

David Anderson team work

[@markwarren7116]

You spell bozo - David Anderson

[@zanelile8917]

All the equipment of a railroad company - yet doing it mostly by hand - silly.