It is a 100 degrees in the shade at the Elkmont Post Office and Commissary.
After a couple of lukewarm Coca Colas it was time to get on the work train and move some of the 4 tons of limestone rip rap recently delivered to advance the line out of Nelson’s Gap.
The sweat was pouring as the ballast was laid and as the sun set the boys said, “Lets forget the Coca Colas …….we need some BEER and very cold.”
So they dropped the gons and highballed in reverse to get to the Dew Drop Inn in Townsend (headquarters of the Little River Rail Road ) as night cooled the Smoky Mountains.
Doc Tom
Doc Tom and the Little River Rail Road in Tennessee