01-03-2016, 12:38 PM
The final section of my layout is Murphy N.C. and will be built on a 10" by 7' shelf in the hallway. The real yard was somewhat S shaped and crossed two rivers, not really doable on a 10" shelf 
. However the part of the yard that makes one end of the S and crosses one of the rivers was L&N trackage so no need to model that part. I will try to make a reasonable representation of the Murphy depot. This is the only picture I have of the depot and was taken from the book "Southern Railway's Murphy Branch". The book was written by Michael George and published by College Press sometime in the mid 1990's as near as I can remember. It is on page 79 and was taken by Ken Marsh in Oct. 1967. I will be using the following two Walther's kits as a starting point:
. However the part of the yard that makes one end of the S and crosses one of the rivers was L&N trackage so no need to model that part. I will try to make a reasonable representation of the Murphy depot. This is the only picture I have of the depot and was taken from the book "Southern Railway's Murphy Branch". The book was written by Michael George and published by College Press sometime in the mid 1990's as near as I can remember. It is on page 79 and was taken by Ken Marsh in Oct. 1967. I will be using the following two Walther's kits as a starting point:
Mike
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