East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Tweetsie RR theme park, jct. of Tweetsie RR Rd. and US 321, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750Coordinates: 36°10′14″N 81°38′51″W / 36.17056°N 81.64750°W / 36.17056; -81.64750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917 (1917)
Built by	Baldwin Locomotive Works
NRHP reference No.	92000147[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1992

East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12, also known as Tweetsie Locomotive No. 12, is a historic narrow-gauge 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive located near Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950 and No. 12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow-gauge engines still in existence. The locomotive is located at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park.^[2] Today, No. 12 operates at the Tweetsie Railroad alongside former White Pass and Yukon Route 2-8-2 No. 190.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

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