Looking for a a route.

[smash]

Hello all,
I had been looking at google maps for something else when I ran across this.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.5...2.045904&spn=0.003637,0.008256&num=1&t=h&z=18

Now I thought I remember that was a route in trainz. But for the life of my cannot remember the name of it.
This is not the Feather river Wye.
Can anybody help.

Kenny

 

[H222]

Wouldn't be East Kentucky would it?

Jamie

 

[Dermmy]

Wouldn't be East Kentucky would it?

Jamie

Close, but no prize.

Pretty sure that's on the Proto-Clinchfield route at TPR...

 

[mjolnir]

Following the line on Google Maps, I find that the line is a NS branch, whose "Southern" terminal is at Big Rock, VA, and which travels through Grundy VA, and the unincorporated community of Hurley, VA, both in Buckingham County. North of Hurley, the line crosses the VA / KY border, and the northerly most few miles are in that State, However, the KY / WV state line is in the middle of the channel of the Tug Fork river, crossed by the two legs of the Wye shown by by the OP; the Southerly most bit of the Wye is in KY, the while the other two legs are in WV. The two nearest place names to the Wye I can come up with are Delorme, WV, and Stopover, KY, but I don't find any pictures of the Wye.

It does look like an interesting line to create a route from, but the traffic would be a bit of a bore, as the only evidence of traffic I noted in a preliminary survey were a couple of large coal mines. I don't see any evidence of other current traffic, though there is (was) some other quarrying activity near the line.

ns (not the railroad)

 

[hrm2701]

It does look like an interesting line to create a route from, but the traffic would be a bit of a bore, as the only evidence of traffic I noted in a preliminary survey were a couple of large coal mines. I don't see any evidence of other current traffic, though there is (was) some other quarrying activity near the line.

Thats where creative license, backdating to say...40's to 50's and a little bit of exaggeration come into play mjolnir. :hehe: I love all the tunnels, bridges, little towns, the ever present creek (s) it seems to run beside, the curvy route running thur the mountains. Backdate to 40's and there would be lots of traffic and most if not all of it STEAM.

Hrm2701

 

[mjolnir]

Well, there aren't many towns at all, mostly "wide spots in the holler", and not one creek, but two; the branch runs up hill from the North end to the long tunnel about 2/3 of the way through, and then back down to the S / W end. But it looks to me like, even in the 1940's or 1950's, you're still looking at mostly coal. Any other traffic is probably on a mixed train (a small steamer, a few freight cars, and a coach). The line forming the North leg of the wye probably saw the big Y6's, and other larger N&W power.

ns

 

[smash]

Thanks Dermmy, But I downloaded it. Although it is close, it is not the one I remember. So the search continues.
Kenny

 

[PBY357]

Could it be in Jrfolco's B&O Mega Route?

 

[jrfolco]

It's not the WM & B&O Mega Route. The West Virginia portion of the Mega route is located farther North around Elkins WV.

Joe

 

[opus722]

From what I can tell the general area of that wye is Woodman, KY, at least as far as postal codes and address are concerned. The WV side of the river is Devon, WV, which was formerly a mining and logging camp. The town is long gone though. If you are looking to do it in the 50s then that was the peak of big coal and lumber actually located on the branch. Anytime after that is during the decline of mining. This link will give you a basic overview of mining in the general area: http://www.coalcampusa.com/swva/buchanan/buchanan.htm

I don't have a clue what Trainz route it is on, but I'm certain it wouldn't be located on any of the routes previously mentioned in this thread. The line itself is the Buchanan Branch of the Pocahontas Sub (Hurley and Grundy, VA are in Buchanan County not Buckingham) and the tunnel on the end of the wye is referred to as the "Devon Tunnel". The switch stand is actually inside of that tunnel! Searching for those terms may yield some results. The branch is in a pretty inaccessible area as you can tell by the map. Here's a handful of photos though:

http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/0/3/2603.1271861583.jpg
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/5/5/2155.1200002400.jpg
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/4/5/5/7455.1344276858.jpg
http://appalachianrailroadmodeling.com/protophotos/nw234devon.jpg

Plus there are several views of it if you sort though these
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locThumbs.aspx?id=158160

Also a short video. Not the best camera work, but you can get a general idea of the look from the ground and its the really the only video I could find

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY--3HloOWw

 

[smash]

Thanks for all the responses.
I have done some searching of the DLS but no luck. As I said before I my be mistaken that it was ever made for trainz.
Special thank you to opus722 for the pics and vid links.
Kenny

 

[cascaderailroad]

Looks like a rather interesting looking Wye, easily constructed in Trainz, either using flat baseboards, or incorporating it on an existing DEM.

I like it ... I like it alot !

 

[smash]

What I like about that location is that the wye is at the crown of 180° turn. Most of the wye's are at a straight.
Kenny

 

[opus722]

If the route hasn't been done, and you were mistaken, I'd like to have a go at this. Information and photographs are scarce, but that may be a good thing. I was overwhelmed when I tried to do the Interstate Railroad because I had so much information and personal research that it was driving me crazy to model every single thing on the prototype. It was an overload. This, however, would give my OCD a break and require more artistic license. Who knows? Thanks for pointing this area out. It's just up the road from me and I've never seen nor heard of it before.