CF&E Action/Short Line Action.

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While reading those linked to articles I recalled MR doing a "A Railroad You Can Model" article on this Walbash/N&W branch several years ago..I found it interesting then and still do.

Larry;

You have a way of bringing back the memories! Somewhere around here in my piles of junk, I have one of the Kalmbach "Railroads you can model" books that includes the article about modeling the line when it was still the Wabash branch. Will have to look for it. It was one of the better, if not best, modeling concepts of the time - model areas of the railroad (I think they have coined that LDE's now) then tie those sections together how ever you like.

I agree that the Walther's Superior Paper kit would make a great municipal power plant like the one in Columbia. Most of the other structures in Columbia would be pretty easy to scratch build from styrene. A reasonable representation of the MFA elevator/feed mill could be kit-bashed from a Walthers kit too.