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OK, here goes. Bear in mind this is all in the planning stage. Name: Virginia & East Tennessee Railway Scale: HO Era: 1953 (with old motive power) Locale: Urban to rural. Northern Division (to be modeled) runs from Bristol, TN to the N&W main line near Bluefield along trackage that in reality belonged to the N&W. Southern Division is the Southern Rwy. trackage from Bristol to Knoxville. Concept: The V&ET is a connecting line between the N&W and Southern. Both railroads lease passage for through trains, but local traffic is handled by the V&ET via interchange at Bluefield and Knoxville. The V&ET shops in Bristol handle maintenance for the N&W and Southern on the through trains - most notably the coal drags heading south from the N&W. Roadbed: Cork Track: Code 83 flex track w/Walthers turnouts. Bonded ballast. Initially I am going to start out with a 4x8 table for local switching in Bristol. I will use this layout to experiment with wiring, signals, turnout control, etc. This bit, which begins constrtuction this month, is based loosly on the Chesapeake Harbor Belt design in the supplement to the Feb. 04 MR.
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