Two examples are: a track scale on the mainline without an
engine bypass on the main layout, and company houses right
up against the tipple on both the main layout and the Turtle
Creek extension.
Also in the preliminary planning stages are the three
extensions that
Model Railroader
did for this railroad, the
Turtle Creek, Thin Branch, and the staging yard. The Turtle
Creek will have the most drastic changes, as I am using a
condensed track plan from the Buffalo Creek and Gauley at
Widen, WV as the prototype. Widen is an ideal prototype for a
peninsular layout, since it is located in a narrow valley and was
a company town serving a coal tipple. As plans develop for this
extension, I will share them with you. Presently there are two
dioramas under construction for this extension.
The Thin Branch, another
Model Railroader
project, which I
now refer to as Coal Valley, will be backdated with my version
of the Sam Swanson’s Hall Hollow diorama. For those who are
3
3: Four of the Adams Company houses with the doc-
tor’s office taken from creek side. Notice the location
of the outhouses and where the runoff goes. More
details will be added later to the rear of the houses.
The Lite and Narrow - 3
MRH-Feb 2013
