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When the park is closed during part of the winter every year, the Dollywood maintenance crew usually follows a checklist to maintain the trains and keep them in pristine, working condition. According to Dollywood, the trains are sanded down and repainted every year, the running boards are replaced,
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Along with the regular maintenance performed every year on the locomotives, the train repair crew also overhauls the engine on the locomotives every ten years to ensure the trains operate properly. The locomotives are also winterized at the end of their yearly maintenance to ensure that they are
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brake systems are overhauled and other basic repairs are made where necessary. The train repair crew even contours the wheels if needed to ensure that patrons of the attraction can have a smooth, bump free ride.
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No. 107 is standard gauge and is unable to run on the park's 3ft gauge tracks. On display at the Dollywood Parkway ticket center at the corner of Parkway and Dollywood Lane in Pigeon Forge.
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It runs along a 2.5 mile loop-to-loop track from the Village to the top of the mountain Dollywood borders to the north. It is pulled by two ex-
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and a western-style "shootout" was added at the midway point in the ride, allowing the locomotive to stop and "cool its heels". In 1970 the
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to give it a more western look. In 1977, the ride acquired 3 new locomotives from the WP&YR, #70, #71 and #72.
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for a second theme park, called Rebel Railroad. The other, #190, was sent to Tweetsie and still operates there.
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bought Gold Rush Junction, renaming it Silver Dollar City Tennessee, making it a sister park to its
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2-8-2s from the White Pass. The success of Tweetsie prompted him to send one of them, #192, to the
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football team bought the attraction, but the locomotive and cars retained their colors and text.
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In 1957, North Carolina real-estate developer Grover Robbins opened a
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became part owner of the property, and the park was renamed
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Used as a parts source for engines No. 70 and No. 71.
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