N&W Jenkinjones, WV track plan HO

- Size: 11′ x 20 ′
- Scale: HO
- Minimum Radius: 30″ (except as noted on tail tracks)
- Minimum Aisle Width: 33″
- Designed by Dan Bourque
Jenkinjones, West Virginia was a company town that lay at the end of the N&W’s Tug Fork Branch, almost to the border with Virginia. Toward the end of the steam era, Jenkinjones was home to three tipples that all loaded company coal from the Pocahontas #3 seam. The tipples were reached via switchbacks after a grueling climb up 2.5% grades making this a tough piece of railroad to operate.
The Layout
This track plan represents Jenkinjones in the 1940s-50s when all three tipples … Read more