I have seen many pictures of this beautiful town from Google images and Flicker. It is on the N&W Bluestone division and it has some beautiful Victorian houses downtown and on top off the hills. Although I am committed to the B&O Shenandoah division; I would love to see any pictures of Bramwell.
russ_q4b,
I model the C&O in '49 in West Virginia, but not anywhere near Bramwell. But a search on the N&W Historical Society Website brings up pictures and documents about Bramwell.
Here is the link: http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=C&id=64
Looks like an interesting town to learn more about and model.
P.S. Like the second part of your handle. Lusted over a Westside models brass Q4b mike when I was 15 years old, but could not afford it at the time on my paper route money. That mike almost got me into modeling the B&O! [:D]
Happy modeling.
Joel
Hey Joel, it looks like I did the opposite of what you did. In college I rode the Chessie Steam Special along the New River Valley. At that point I was hooked and was planning to model the C&O when I entered the workforce. However I moved to the DC area after graduation, and found myself hiking and biking on the C&O canal in B&O country. I bought some B&O books from the B&O museum and I was hooked on B&O from then on.
russ_q4b,
That must have been some kind of ride along the New behind steam! Never been to the region of W. Va I model, but I occassionally “look around” using Google Earth to get a feel of the area I’m trying to recreate in the basement.
Thanks for sharing your story. Funny how we get from there to here! I got hooked on the C&O after I assembled and detailed a Bowser 4-8-2 kit back post graduate school to resemble the J class. To get more info about this detailing project, I bought a C&O book and that was it–I was hooked big time.
I haven’t completely forgotten about the B&O, though… as the picture shows some stock runs on the NR sub.
In this shot B&O M-53 wagontop box car is leading cab 90817 going eastward (probably on Manifest No. 98), while the George is speeding opposite toward its’ western destinations.
When I painted this cab more than 15 years ago, was working with black and white photos so I missed the fact that all window shades on C&O cabs are black (black and red look the same in B&W pics! [:'(]). One of these days I’ll have to correct this…
Joel
You have to go the the New River Valley. It’s spectacular. Every year there is a fall excursion from Huntington the Hinton. Although its pulled by Amtrak Genesis, it’s still a great ride. Also Cass Scenic Railroad is not too far from Hinton.