Smoky Mountain #440 rusts away buried in the back on an industrial park in Fletcher, NC on this late summer afternoon. Compare to a photo of this same unit in 1970. http://www.railpictures.net... (more)

Smoky Mountain's 44-ton GE, appropriately numbered 440, handles pulpwood at Sevierville, Tenn. on July 11, 1957.

Smoky Mountain RR #440, a 44-ton in storage at Southern's John Sevier Yard in Knoxville. This engine now resides in an industrial park at Fletcher, NC.