Stoney Creek model railroad layout

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad, Stoney Creek Branch Also known as: Stoney Creek Southern / ET&WNC / 796th Railway Operating Battalion, US Army Scale: On30 Room size: 11 X 10' Mainline length: 28' Track type: Code 83 Micro En gineering On30 flex track, # 5 turnouts and two Shinohara #6 1/2 curved turnouts Track elevation: 49", no grades Minimum mainline curve radius: 22" in two spots, mostly 24" Timeframe modeled: Mid to late summer, 1943 Motive power: Bachmann On30 4-6-0s, all with sound Operating system: MRC Prodigy Express DCC Disptaching system: Car cards and train orders Normal operating crew: 2 or 3 Why the name. “Tweetsie? The locals didn't seem to call the ET&WNC by the name, "Tweetsie" very often back when the narrow gauge was still running. A common way some locals referred to the line was a joking abbreviation for the acronym, "Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes." Some called it, "The Stemwin...

This will be where I'll post updates on my model railroad, a On30 gauge layout taking place in a 10X11 foot room, with a theme of a fictional branch line of the East Tennessee & North Carolina RR (also known as the "Tweetsie"). Here are the publications in which the layout has appeared: Here's what I have had published so far in order of most recent: • Trainmasters TV uploaded a segment on my layout on February 6, 2021: https://trainmasters.tv/programs/mylayout-lee-bishop?categoryId=228 • March 2021 Model Railroader's 'Trackside photos' section has a photo of my layout, though there was a goof up on the caption. At least my name is right for the photo credit • 2020 On30 Annual has my article on modelling military trains on a layout • April/May 2020 O Gauge Model Railroading Magazine has a review of the Bachmann On30 'trench' 2-6-2T. • Narrow Gauge Model Railroading calendar for 2020 has a photo of my layout for April • February/Mar...