Illinois Division Modules:
Craig Crombar's Elk Park
Elk Park is a module based on the 3 foot gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina RR, also known as the Tweetsie. Elk Park is located near the Tennessee border, near Cranberry NC.
This beautiful module was built by Craig Crombar, and it won 2nd Place in the Modules Contest at the 43rd National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver in 2023.
Town of Elk Park
Photo by John Scherr, 2022
Photo by Mike McKenzie, 2022
William E. Ellis Grist Mill at Elk Park
Photo by John Scherr, 2022
Covered Bridge, below, is loosely based on a scene near Hampton, TN on the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina RR .
Photo by John Scherr, 2022
The narrow gauge ET&WNC was abandoned in 1950 but a standard gauge portion of the line still runs in Tennessee, while the narrow gauge tourist Tweetsie line runs today in Boone, NC.