My "Southern Rwy & Graham County RR" layout

[Tyson Rayles]

I know in may not be important to you but for historical accuracy the reason the Murphy branch went out of business was because of the lack of a woodchip operation. When the papermill in Canton switched from pulpwood to wood chips the branch went from being a money maker to a loser. It would have cost in excess of a million dollars to build a chip operation that would be EPA approved. To make matters worse there is a tunnel in both directions and a woodchip car won't fit thru either one of em'. The Southern at that point filed for abandoment and the excursion RR that I work for came into being.