Possum Point & Quantico Creek

Vital Statistics

Owner Name:	John Cook
Date Built:		Status:	Complete
Module Type:
Length:	8 ft.	Width:	2 ft.
Passing Sidings:	No	Additional Lines:	No
Industrial Spurs:	No	Yard Tracks:	No
Engine Servicing:	No	Crossovers:	No

Gallery

A railfan excursion is the last train across the old trestle, as an Amtrak local passes on the new line.
Photograph by Bernard Kempinski

A Norfolk and Western Class "J" crosses the old trestle at Quantico Creek.
Photograph by Bernard Kempinski

A pair of Chessie System SD-40s rumbles past the Virginia Power Plant at Possum Point. That's John's grandson heading toward a fishing hole.
Photograph and locomotives by Bernard Kempinski

An overview of the module set. To the left is the power plant, and to the right are the bridges across Quantico Creek.

Facing the power plant structure. John displays the prototype photos for reference.

A Conrail SD-45 powering a Triple Crown RoadRailer train crosses the bridge at Quantico Creek. David Davies built the RoadRailers.

Some of the detail within the power plant area. John scratchbuilt these structures and other "industrial stuff."

Description

by Gil Brauch

John Cook's pair of modules accurately replicate a section of the RF&P right-of-way along the Potomac River a few miles south of Washington, DC as it looked on Labor Day 1988. At that time a new single track bridge had been completed over Quantico Creek but the old two track trestle had not yet been torn down.

The right hand module includes the two bridges and the boat landing, dock and recreational area on the Quantico Marine Base on the south side of Quantico Creek.

The left side is dominated by Virginia Power's Possum Point Power Station on the north shore of Quantico Creek.

Everything on the modules is scratch built with the exception of two HO power transmission towers, an HO power distribution substation and a few vehicles. Scratch built items include several fishing boats, a picnic table and grill, about 1000 scale feet of chain link fence and two porta-potties as well as the bridges and power plant structures. The population of hand painted swimmers, fisherpersons, picnickers and power plant workers is about 20 and growing steadily.