Famous Smokey Mountain Rail Road References. Upward of 200,000 passengers enjoy the scenery and the experience of a true operational railroad each year aboard passegner excursion trains. That’s an invitation to a delightful journey through the majestic mountains and colorful countryside of western north carolina, over a sprawling.

That’s an invitation to a delightful journey through the majestic mountains and colorful countryside of western north carolina, over a sprawling. All aboard the historic great smoky mountains railroad, where timeless locomotives transport you through the heart of the smoky mountains. Upward of 200,000 passengers enjoy the scenery and the experience of a true operational railroad each year aboard passegner excursion trains.