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The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (reporting mark ETWN) affectionately called the Tweetsie in reference to the sound of its steam whistles was primarily a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad established in 1866 for the purpose of serving the mines at Cranberry North Carolina.The 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge portion of the ET&WNC was abandoned in 1950 however the 11-mile (17.7 km) 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1435 mm) standard gauge segment of the line from Johnson City to Elizabethton Tennessee still exists today as the East Tennessee Railway.
