The Back Creek Paper layout in HO scale

By Mitch Horner | September 21, 2023

| Last updated on February 18, 2026

Inspired by a prototype paper mill in Covington, Virginia

Facts & features

Name: Back Creek Paper
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 10 x 14 feet
Prototype: Westvaco Pulp & Paper mill
Locale: Covington, Va.
Era: 1974
Style: around-the-walls
Mainline run: 28 feet
Minimum radius: 30″
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum grade: none