1: Side view of Selkirk Company store, aka Sodaville
Store by Sidetrack Laser with the addition. This is a sim-
ple base to be installed into larger diorama.
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space for towns and industries. All of these factors led to the
layout being torn down in 1995.
Shortly thereafter, the space for the layout became
unavailable, making it impossible to have a layout for several
years. However circumstances have changed and I currently
have in the early stages of construction, a small, 5’ x 9’ layout.
I can move the layout, which is on wheels, outside to work on
it or reposition it within my garage. I am also building dioramas
which eventually will be incorporated into the layout.
The concept for the layout is a narrow gauge shortline in
Southwestern Virginia in 1942. It follows the premise the
railroad is similar to the Buffalo Creek and Gauley and is owned
by the Clinch River Coal and Lumber Company. Unlike the
BC&G, other coal companies have tipples along the right of
way and ship on the railroad to the transfer point.
The railroad operates from Wise, Virginia, the staging yard,
through Coal Valley, exchanging empties for loads and placing
them for pickup on the return trip, to the town of Oak Crest.
The Lite and Narrow - 2
MRH-Feb 2013
