Dick Brannan's model railroad is a freelanced representation of the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) railroad in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the period 1979 through 1984.

The primary traffic on the road is coal. The coal is mined at the Poor Fork Mine outside of Cumberland, Kentucky. The coal then travels via L&N down the Poor Fork Branch line to Corbin, KY, then to Knoxville, TN and eventually is delivered to the Bull Run Power Plant, a TVA facility, located in Clinton, TN. Additional traffic includes gravel, wood products, steel, aluminum, and petroleum products.

From Knoxville, the L&N travels south through Chattanooga and on to Atlanta, GA and Nashville, TN. At Corbin, KY the road runs north to Cincinnati, Ohio and west to Lexington & Louisville, KY.

The Lone Star Division is located in a 10 x16 climate controlled building located off the back deck.

Details of Dick Brannan's Lone Star Division L&N Model Railroad are:

Control: Digitrax DCC

Style: Around the walls, with lift up for access

Roadbed: Cork on Micore with sub-road bed ¾ inch marine grade plywood.

Track: Code 100 main line, code 83 yards

Turnouts: Atlas, Shinohara, Micro-Engineering all Tortoise controlled

Backdrop: Custom Commercial

Scenery: Plaster cloth over pink foam

#4504 is spotting some empties at Poor Fork Mine



#4504 is picking up full loads at Poor Fork Mine to Return to Corbin, KY.



RS-3 #220 leaving Mouse Jct. with full box car for Schramm Mfg.



RS-3 #220 spotting the box car at Schramm Mfg.



Dock at Schramm Mfg.



Headquarters of Schramm Mfg.