Weddings in the Smoky Mountains

The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad (http://www.gsmr.com/ ) has depots in Dillsboro (15 miles south of Cherokee and on Highway 441) and Bryson City (on the Tuckasegee river) and runs a variety of scenic tours from both depots.

The guidebook describes it as a “unique journey through the scenic mountains and countryside of western North Carolina along the Murphy Branch line established in 1891”. It certainly is all of these and for both “Train buffs” and Tourists alike the experience is a great one.

As mentioned above, trips depart from both Dillsboro and Bryson City depots and include excursions to the Nantahala Gorge and Tuckasegee river, the Fontana Trestle and Whittier.

Like all small Railway organisations they have now started to run a variety of other excursions and trips and amongst these now are Gourmet Dinner trains, mystery-theatre dinner trains and train and rafting combinations from the Bryson City depot. More info