SOU Brevard Branch, NC track plan HO
- Size: 6′ x 22′
- Scale: HO
- Minimum Radius: 22″
- Minimum Aisle Width: N/A″
- Designed by Dan Bourque
The Southern’s Brevard Branch stretched from Hendersonville, NC to Lake Toxaway, NC in the foothills of the Appalachians. The largest customer on the line was the paper mill in Ecusta, and in the 1980s the line was cut back to Ecusta, just short of the line’s namesake, Brevard. This branch was far from the coal fields, but a power plant at the mill received coal, so hoppers were a common sight along with tank cars and boxcars. The mill at Ecusta made fine paper for Bibles and cigarettes … Read more