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

The other day, I saw this listed on the White Pass website. They were on sale, so I figured they wouldn't have them for very much longer. This is the unit that ran E T & W N C locomotive numbers 10 an

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