I've always been fascinated with the railroad owned mining town of Sewell. It's only been modeled a handful of times.
Once a thriving Town became a ghost town. Please share what you know about Sewell.
Is this the Sewell in Chile?
Mike.
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I think he refers to Sewell, WVA, a former coal mining community and now a ghost town.
http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/river/sewell/sewell.htm
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
I'm sure it is Ulrich. I just searched around for towns named Sewell that were started by mining companies, and the one in Chile was at the top. Actually it filled up the first page with links to the Chile site.
Then on the second page was this:
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/wv/wv.html
Sorry I didn't know there was two of them.
Sewell, Fayette County West Virginia United States. Operated by Mann's Creek Railroad between 1886 and 1955.
No for an appoligy! Just trying to figure out where Sewell is. Not a lot of stuff out there, as it seems to be a remote location, with access only through a park, when road conditions allow.
Ulrich's link is the best photos I can find, right off hand.
What I think is cool about this Sewell, is it's in WV, and NOT Colorado, where you expect to find abandoned mines, and the railroad and town that grew to support it.
But there was a Sewell station on the Crystal River Railroad south of Carbondale, Colorado -- just a station and a siding to load potatoes and other farm products. It was called that for about 20 years just after the turn of the 20th century, at which time the name was changed to "Manalta". There is no railroad or station now, except in my house. It was originally named for my brother-in-law's grandfather, Robert Sewell.
Steve
mbinsewi No for an appoligy! Just trying to figure out where Sewell is. Not a lot of stuff out there, as it seems to be a remote location, with access only through a park, when road conditions allow. Ulrich's link is the best photos I can find, right off hand. What I think is cool about this Sewell, is it's in WV, and NOT Colorado, where you expect to find abandoned mines, and the railroad and town that grew to support it. Mike.
I would urge you to track down Model Railroader for October 2015, for Ron Lane's article "40 Years Modeling 1 Day." He writes about how hearing a reference to Sewell in an old folk song about a train wreck on the C&O made him track down where the town of Sewell was: a ghost town in W Virginia's New River Gorge. The narrow gauge Mann's Creek Ry ran 9 miles from Sewell to coal mines. He ended up making more than 25 trips to the area. Every one of the 195 figures on his layout is a model of an actual person he either met or saw photos of!
Sewell is a big part of his layout
Ron and Ted Schnepf wrote a book"West Virginia Narrow Gauge - Mann's Creek Railway." I assume it is not ALL about Sewell but it probably has as much about Sewell as you're likely to find in print.
Dave Nelson