After completing the turntable, I've decided to change things up a bit and work on some scenery. Engine 6 is hauling a freight train through Tunnel Two, headed for the covered thru-truss bridge into H

The turntable at Cranberry is in and operational. The prototype turntable was gone by 1910, but the Vida Division of the ET&WNC kept theirs through 1925. The turntable is a Diamond Scales kit I purcha

Hello. I’ve moved a little further into scratch building the Linville depot. I have gone from the foam core mock up to the basic styrene box. San Juan detail parts were used for the windows. With all

Need these to leave me....Thanks https://www.ebay.com/itm/174304533288

While not an actual structure along the ET&WNC, I thought some of you could appreciate it anyway. This O scale store is to replace the Woodland Scenics structure I have had on the layout since it was

So, I've been planning an ET&WNC-Based Garden Railroad for some time now. Originally, I considered building an interpretation of the ET&WNC/Linville River from Cranberry to Boone called the "Cranberry

Got the following message from groups.io... "This email message is a notification to let you know that your group ETWNC@groups.io is using over 80% of its available storage of 1GB. The storage space i

I have jumped in and started the scratch build of the Linville Depot on the ET and WNC. The San Juan detail parts(formerly Grant line castings) are not exact replicas of the windows in the Depot Bay.

Got Milk? Well maybe if the cows relax after the whistle shrieks of the steam engine calling for the river crossing fade away and Geraldo can get his tiresome children to do some milking chores today.

No More Excuses. These two prototype pictures of the Depot inspired me to build the Linville LDE on my On30 homage to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET&WNC) Railroad. With the track pa

Got these today from eBay. Those ashtrays were used in the 40s, though I'm not sure if spitoons were used that late. Does anyone know? I mean, this is the area where people were still using outhouses

Always the perfect gentleman, Conductor Cy Crumley has stopped the train to see if Helga and Heidi need any assistance. Seems Mr Ford’s T model might be ailing. While its only a few miles more to Linv

I haven't actually constructed my Cranberry buildings yet, but Doc Tom asked if I had plans for my space, so I thought I would post photos of the mock-ups I have done for the Cranberry buildings. I do

Last night, I finished painting the 3D print figures of Cy Crumley and Sherman Pippin. Even in O scale, it took a lot of small brushes and steady hand time to get the details as good as I could. I'm g

Looking to order one of these soon Ken. Do you know what the footprint of the depot in O scale is? Thanks -- Tim Smith Train Shop Lead The Dollywood Company Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 336-957-6464

Here's a little more to add to the story of the little railroad in the Blue Ridge. A chestnut tree at Linville on the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Rail Road in the early 1920’s before the

Electricity was extremely rare in the rural Blue Ridge Mountains in 1920-1924. Geraldo’s kid “Sparkie”rigged up a crude generator to harness the water power in the creek out back of the farm. This all

Having decided that the trains would not derail on the freshly planted On30 track on the Linville LDE it was time for some groundcover, ballast and grade crossings. Everybody loves a train and here's

Check out the Carolina Craftsman Kits site @ carolinacraftsmankits.com. Looks what's new and you'll see they're planning to offer the Cranberry Depot in both HO and O scale. The HO depot is large enou

I recently went on a railfanning trip to 1925 Johnson City and visited two railroads: the ET&WNC and the ET&WNC--Vida Divison Railroad. I got some pretty good photos of the Transfer Trestle that I tho