After 40 Years, Dollywood Announces End of Current Operations

After 40 Years, Dollywood Announces End of Current Operations

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain theme park, Dollywood, has announced a major change to its oldest attraction. Here’s what visitors to the Tennessee vacation destination need to know. After 40 Years, Dollywood Makes a Change Credit: Dollywood On February 24, Dollywood announced that its iconic steam train ride, the Dollywood Express, is being converted from a coal-burning to an oil-burning engine. The Smoky Mountain theme park said the switch will …

Dolly Parton Confirms That From Now On, Dollywood Will Never Be the Same

Dollywood is eliminating coal from its historic steam train after more than six decades, fundamentally changing an experience that’s defined the Tennessee theme park since before Dolly Parton owned it. Credit: Dollywood The park announced February 24 that the Dollywood Express will convert to oil burning, ending 64 years of coal-powered operation dating to 1961. WGN News reporter Marcus Leshock posted the announcement on X (formerly known as Twi…

Dolly Parton Confirms End of an Era for Dollywood Theme Park : Disney Fanatic

Dollywood is converting its coal-burning steam train to oil after 64 years, ending the iconic locomotive’s use of coal that predates Dolly Parton’s ownership of the Tennessee theme park. The park announced on February 24 that the Dollywood Express is switching to a different fuel type to reduce maintenance needs, lower pollution, and improve operations during unfavorable weather. Credit: Jeremy Thompson, Flickr WGN News reporter Marcus Leshock s…