Hi. I came across some old copies of the Watauga Democrat, the Boone, North Carolina, newspaper. Apparently, there was a flash flood in the spring of 1925 tht washed out the railroad bridge west of to

Would the waltzers blast furnace kit be a good starting point for modeling the JC furnace? Also found this site: https://steelmillmodelerssupply.com

I managed to find some photographs of the two Tweetsie engines that were destroyed in a fire at The Engine House at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, around Christmas 1943. I've never seen these shot

The day after I visited Johnson City, I took a trip to Shulls Mills, North Carolina. I was excited to ride behind Locomotive Number 11 in Combine Car 15. It started out as a beautiful day. Unfortunate

It was time to weather the bridge over the Linville River and put in some water. We went from this: To this: Using an interesting product called ModPodge you can make a shiny water surface on flat pai

-- Lee Bishop Owner, Stoney Creek branch of the ET&WNC in On30 gauge

I received my copy of the ET Times in Saturday's mail. Very interesting story on the back cover. I also got three of the 3-D printed ex BRB&L ET&WNC coaches from Western Railrails .com. #23-24-25 WM M

Color comes to the bridge scene on the ET&WNC in On30. To me, it is always amazing how a little paint and some ground foam can upgrade a scene on a model railroad. During the Easter holiday my little

Making good progress sir! Sent you some bridge info in another email. Bill Uffelman

For years the original Caboose Hobbies in Denver displayed a CV bridge reworked for On3. It has been a while but as I recall the major change was to the entry portals. Pieces of rivet plate were were

Guys, I started thinking about the comments about ET&WNC shirts from the past. Sure, there are a few here and there being made. I have one from the Avery County Museum with caboose 505 on it, I also h

The good ole boys have been hard at work constructing the next layout design element(LDE) on the ET and WNC RR in On30. We are back in the blue foam stage again. The river bottom is tempered hardboard

All, The April 2020 Historical Society Newsletter is in the mail. For all of you members who receive the printed copy look for it early next week. There's a surprise story in this issue that y'all wil

I made a simple suggestion to this guy to make a shirt like this (as he had several in a common theme, showing hoppers from various standard gauge class 1 railroads) and two days later, here it is. Go

Ever since the pandemic forced us all indoors, I’ve been mostly either working from home, doing whatever house cleaning chores my wife comes up with, or working on these. They’re laser kits made by On

ET&WNC engine #12 is barreling out of Linville N.C. and heading towards Geraldo’s farm tucked in a holler in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You would think Geraldo’s critters would be used to the steam loc

Hi guys, I only have two remaining weathered ET&WNC Transportation Company signs. These are the last two as we won't be making any more. Only $14.95 with free shipping. https://cbsafari.com/products/e

Been working on the layout some in the evenings lately. Although we are not out of work we have had a reduced schedule. My combine 15 is almost complete. Added a diaphragm and some interior seats I’m

I am looking to dispose of a flat car kit. Kit appears to be all there including trucks and couplers. I have no use for it. It was an impulse by over 20 years ago. $20 including shipping. That’s less

Hi all, A note here to all our ET&WNC Railroad Historical Society members, and to anyone else interested in the Society and the ET&WNC. These are unprecedented times for our communities and for our So