Nantahala River Interchange and Servicing

Copper's Nantahala River Interchange and Servicing

This mod adds an interchange at Nantahala, just across the river from town! This connects with a hypothetical link from Nantahala, NC to Franklin, NC via the Tallulah Falls railroad. (Assuming one punched through the mountains and followed the river south to Nantahala Lake, then went due east, there is a semi-plausible route Tallulah Falls could have taken to get up to Nantahala.)

This interchange features three tracks hanging off of the main/branch that across the river into the valley southwest of Nantahala Station, (aka modern day Beechertown, NC), along with a proper winding track that travels further up the valley to further simulate a connection southward to Tallulah Falls.

Also included as a second file is Nantahala River Servicing, featuring a small servicing facility with a water column, three repair tracks, two in an engine shed and the third outside for car repairs, coal loader, diesel stand, and unloading track for both. (Other outside track also doubles as an unloading track for repair parts.)

Interchange capacity and size are very similar to vanilla Sylvia interchange, which is a bit larger than my <Alarka Interchange> mod.

The interchange is on a rather crazy 2% grade all the way through due to needing to conform to the main branch heading into the valley. The only curves are the ladders and switches going in and out.

My intention with this interchange is to be essentially a vanilla Andrews Interchange replacement, without the worry of a crazy 4. 5% grade. Note that if you have any larger interchanges, It'll get very silly very quick if you are not careful or aware. It may be recommended to at least use Interchange Designation if this is the case.

This mod also features progressions! It's no easy feat to build down south to Tallulah Falls, even with them in theory working with you. Three construction phases are needed first that are a a little more expensive than building Red Marble, but could be well worth never having to deal with that 4. 5% grade.

The Interchange itself has a three stage progression, while the servicing facility has two stages. It takes work and resources to do either, after all!

Compatible with:

Foxy's Nantahala Engine Service

Compatibility patches included for:

Sutherland Gap Coal

Foxy's Nantahala Yard (2026-03-21 Note: You will need to install Nantahala River Servicing for this patch to work. Will put in a fix later if you use the interchange only.)

Foxy's Nantahala Rework

Foxy's Nantahala Loop

Compatibility with other track mods ar