The Deadwater and Whiskey Creek Rwy. Co. is a standard gauge, freelanced mining railroad in the mountains of Colorado. It is a three and a half by twenty one foot layout with the towns of Whiskey Creek and Deadwater and several hard ore mines. The time frame is the late thirties and early forties. The layout is DC and uses a block system with tethered controllers. The engines that service the mines are small geared locomotives pulling short trains because of the fifteen inch radius curves and the seven to nine percent grades. Mainline service engines are short camelbacks bought second, third, or fourth hand from eastern railroads that can navigate the eighteen inch radius tracks and burn low grade coal. Often considered dangerous at high speed, speeds on the D&WC are so low that the camelbacks are considered a minimal risk. Scenery is plaster castings with rock molds, over cardboard strip mesh with varying forms of vegetation and scenery. Structures are a combination of kits, scratch-built, or kit bashed buildings. The buildings are illuminated for night operations. Bridges and trestles were constructed by the D&WC without much civil engineering expertise. On occasion train crews have found it wise to block the throttle open and wait until the engine has crossed a trestle before jumping back on.