{"id":670,"date":"2015-07-21T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.themegrill.com\/himalayas\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:31:54","slug":"scenic-railway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/scenic-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ridge Scenic Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set smack-bang in the middle of town, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is impossible to miss. Attracting close to 80,000 riders every year, this must-ride heritage railway was established in 1998 and&nbsp;<strong>travels along a 26-mile stretch of the old Marietta and North Georgia Railroad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long outward journey begins at the historic Blue Ridge Depot and follows the Toccoa River to McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill in Tennessee. A two-hour break provides ample time to explore these towns before you&#8217;re picked up for the hour-long ride home again. In addition to pretty river views, you&#8217;ll enjoy vistas of the surrounding Appalachian Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>For an even more memorable experience, consider booking one of the fun&nbsp;<strong>seasonal rail specials<\/strong>. These include a spectacular fall colors excursion, a festive &#8220;Holiday Express&#8221; Christmas outing, as well as trips during Thanksgiving. You can also upgrade your experience with a &#8220;Premier Class&#8221; ticket, which includes unlimited soft drinks, sweet treats, and snacks, plus comfy reclining seats.<\/p>\n<p>A new addition to the attraction that&#8217;s worth checking out enables parties of up to four people to literally peddle a railbike along a 5.5-mile section of the rail line. If visiting in peak season and special occasions, be sure to book this and other rail experiences in advance online to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>Address: 241 Depot Street, Blue Ridge, Georgia<\/p>\n<p>Official site:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brscenic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/brscenic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set smack-bang in the middle of town, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is impossible to miss. Attracting close to 80,000 riders every year, this must-ride<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/template-portfolio.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-670","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swallowtailcabins.com\/bearfoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}