Will this work?

[SteamGene]

http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/GeneMoser/?start=0

This should get you to pictures of the Valley Sub-division of the Alleghany Division of the Virginia Tidewater and Piedmont Railroad. 
Gene

[rustyrails]

If you mean does the link work, it did for me.  Looks like you're going great.
Rusty

[SteamGene]

That's what I meant!  I think I  uploaded everthing - which means there are probably some non-railroad pictures mixed in. 
Gene

[boomertom]

Looking good Gene. Like to see it sometime.

Tom Blair

[Robertj668]

Gene
Looks great.  What company made the Michael Farm?  Is that a "wood kit?
The coal station is col too.  Scratch built?
I like the bear. looks like he is waiting for the next train.
What a huge layout. 
It gave me some ideas.

Robert

[Yampa Bob]

Hi Gene,
I ran across a bit of history, I think is for your area, or regional:

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/regions/westva.html

Also, just watched a two hour documentary on the History Channel titled: "Hillbilly, The Real Story".  Great old movies and stills about early moonshiners, building the Clinchfield Railroad, and the Battle of Blair Mountain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

[WoundedBear]

Looks great Gene. The benchwork looks solid. You running code 100 or 83? I'm up in the air at the moment on my layout, but tending to favor the code 100, just for sheer availability up here.

Do you have an image of the track plan you could post? How big is your layout room?

Sid

[SteamGene]

Sid,
The mainline and yards are code 100.  Sidings are 83.  I went with 100 because when I started the price difference was substantial.  It's much less now.  The room is 26x18 approximately.  It's a rectangle with one corner cut out:    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 X                                          X
                                 XXXXXXXXXX                        X
                                 O                  X                      X
                                 O                  X                      X
                                 O                  XXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                 O                  X                      X
                                 00000000000XXXXXXXXXXXX

The train room is the large area in X.  The patio is the area with X and O and the small X area is the storage room. 

Gene

[SteamGene]

I think that I need to add that Sheldon Stroh designed both the building and the layout.  I have not varied from his layout design by much. 
Gene

[Stephen D. Richards]

Gene,  looking great!     Stephen

[SteamGene]

Robert, The Michael Farm house and barn are both wood kits.  I've been busy all day, but by tomorrow I can let you know the name of the companies   I'm not sure what you mean by "coal station."  Do you mean "coaling tower"?  There are three on the layout, though one is not in place.  The concrete one in South River Yard is a Walther's kit.  The one in place is a Bachmann Spectrum kit, no longer available.  The one not in place is also a Bachmann kit - maybe a modified Platisticville that I detailed and made to look fairly good. 
Gene

[SteamGene]

Michael Farm house and barn are by "Mountaineer Precision Products," laser cut wood.  The barn is closer to the barn on my wife's girlhood home, but the house is sort of close.  It needs a glider on the front porch.
Gene

[WGL]

 I saw the first 2 pictures & then   Cannot find "http://s453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/GeneMoser/?action=view&current=PICT0262.jpg"  DNS Error - Server cannot be found

  Others seem to be having no problem, though.

[SteamGene]

Sorry, Great Northern, I may have been adding captions.   
For those interested:
Sugar Grove, WV (All other landmarks are in Virginia) (east bound staging)
Valley Meatpacking
Mickie's Run/VA 256
Alexander Farm
GP Mine tipple
Hannaville
jP Mine tipple
Alexander Falls
Michael Farm
Ice Dock
Leedsboro
South River Yard
Basic City
South River
Sarah Mountain/ Paul'sville
Bradyton
Noah Junction
Nicksburg sidings
Gordonsville (west bound staging)
Gene