sentences:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad operates the rest of the Murphy Branch from Dillsboro to Andrews.Passenger rail service from Sylva to Murphy stopped in 1948, while the freight COMMERCIAL service lingered on another forty some years before completely stopping in 1983.In 2015, it was reported that Watco, who purchased the section that Norfolk Southern previously owned, was in talks with the town's and counties in ATTEMPT to build a viable tourist railroad clientele.