Those wheels and that weird circular thing you saw were actually a part of a steam powered logging crane, these cranes would drive between rail cars on small and light rails they could pick up and move between different cars. Just like the rail you picked up! The cranes would pick up logs that were pulled up (by the steam engines you saw) and placed next to rails and they would place them on a flat car and then move back a car and put it on another one. Very neat! The bigger steam engine you saw was unfortunately not a locomotive, the small engines come in a variety of sizes and that just happened to be a large one. You can tell because the locomotives have two domes one is a steam dome and one is a sand dome. The one you saw only had one dome and a smoke stack. Still pretty cool though!

@colinmyster7750

2 ай бұрын

Also if you look up little river railroad museum you can see an old crane just like the dismantled one you saw on the trail at our museum in Townsend!

Fascinating! Love your content, thanks!

@acdcnut2011

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means alot!

Those odd circles on the boulders are found on other trails near Clingmans dome 🤔 Did u see any evidence of tracks?

@acdcnut2011

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't lol. That's why it confused me.

Thank you for sharing! Very fascinating!

@acdcnut2011

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

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Great video. Very interesting. Definitely looks like the bear was there not long before you and probly was watching you make this video. Lol. Can't imagine the hard work them guys put in there back in the day.

@acdcnut2011

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly lol. It makes me wonder that too because all of it was nearly straight up hill.

Ever notice that butterflies love poop? Anybody? Actually it is atypical meaning not typical. (The locomotive, not the butterflies and poop)! Good video though. Makes me want to go take a look.

@acdcnut2011

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I recommend it! But I would suggest getting the coordinates for the second one. It's about half a mile off the trail.