area to be
modeled as
the joint track
section.
I also needed
more indus-
tries and gen-
eral freight
traffic, along
with inter-
changes for
better opera-
tions. On the
old Thornhill
Division I had
far too many
cars. There
were virtually no non-coal industries to justify the number of
general freight cars I had. Some of the new industries to be
included are a paper-container plant, plastic pellets, composite
polymers distributor, chemical lime/limestone plant, feed mill,
textile plant, and mine and mill supply.
The new layout has some operational differences from the
prototype. The L&N had trackage rights over the N&W from
Norton to St. Paul beginning in 1974 due to the Southern not
being able to handle (or not wanting to handle) the inter-
change traffic from Norton to the Clinchfield at Miller Yard. On
the new layout I’ll have the L&N control Norton Yard and the
N&W will run with trackage rights into Norton. The layout will
have a north-south orientation while the prototypes are actu-
ally east-west.
5: View of the inside curved section of
vertical aluminum posts' floor mounting.
Every leg is anchored to the floor
providing a very sturdy layout base.
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