The real
Winchester & Western is a shortline that forms the Winchester-to-Oxmore segment, while the
South Branch Valley (home of the
Potomac Eagle
scenic excursion) is another which forms the
Trellisville-Paston-Sunnyvale segment. The rest of the route is
utterly fictional.
Below is an overall system map as the railroad is modeled, in 1971;
N&W has already abandoned the north-south mainline through
Richmond, and turned over a portion of track from Boyce to Culpeper to
a county-owned venture called Culpeper General Transit. CGT's
twice weekly trains are operated by Southern Railway. Not shown
are the connections with B&O at Grafton and Trellisville, the major
generators of through traffic. For a more
detailed tour of the line, click on the towns listed at the bottom.
