1702 leads a special photo charter excursion just a few miles east of Whittier, North Carolina, on September 8, 2017 1702 is currently one of twenty-six S160 steam locomotives preserved in the United States and abroad. In 2005, it went out of service due to firebox issues but was later restored back to operating condition and returned to service in 2016. 1702 locomotive was purchased by the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) in Bryson City, North Carolina, where it hauled tourist train excursions on the half of the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch, which spans 53 miles (85 kilometers) of track between Dillsboro and Nantahala, North Carolina. 1702 locomotive worked on three different railroads in Arkansas and Nebraska. Army Transportation Corps during World War II. Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702 is an S160 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built in September 1942 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally for the U.S. 1702 at Bryson City, North Carolina, awaiting to depart for the Nantahala Outdoor Center on June 18, 2022
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