Cordelia Valley & North Western Railway

Synopsis
The Cordelia Valley & North Western Railway is a 27 Mile Long Narrow Gauge Rail Line located in the Northwestern Reigon of The Sticklands. While the main Commodity is Oil Products, Tourist Traffic is also a money maker.

History
In 1917, The Trans-oil Corporation, a Major Oil Company Headquartered in Sticktropolis, Got word of the Sticklands Central Railroad's Mainline approaching Graphite Flats. In anticipation, they tapped the areas alongside the unbuilt grade, finally finding a large Oil Field 71 Miles South of Graphite Flats. A Railroad was planned To Connect the oilfield with the Central's Mainline. In 1919, The Line Reached the planned Junction point, but would have to wait a month before the tracks finally arrived. The Railroad was Named the Graphite Valley Railway, and Operated with a single locomotive, a 2-6-0 leased from the Sticklands Central Railroad, to operate the line. The Line proved to be one of the few sources of Revenue for the Central, which fell I to a bankruptcy from which it could not recover. Another 2-6-0 Joined the Roster in 1941, and some records show that the Line even Operated a homemade motor car to shuttle employees to and from the fields. The Line was built Fairly Well, and it Zigzag across and over an Unnamed Creek (Now Called Queer Creek). For its entire life, the lin Operated only one train per day: an Outbound loaded train and an inbound empty train.

"The New Era"
a new and surprising era dawned when, in 2022, the Sticklands Central was acquired by the Southern Pacific Kansas City Railway. The Line was regauged, Double Tracked, and electrified. Now without a Narrow Gauge Connection, the line was rendered nearly Obsolete. But Hope came when a Dainty Young Lady from Huntsville Alabama Bought the G.V.Ry. Her Name was Cordelia, and she had struck rich after buying stocks in the Trans-oil Corp. The Profits allowed her to start a subsidiary company, "Cordelia's Trans-oil", and There was enough money leftover to not only buy the railroad, but start her own music store in Sticktropolis. Cordelia Renamed the Valley through which the line ran to Cordelia Valley, and The little stream over which the track Zigzaged was named Queer Creek. The Railroad also became the last Narrow Gauge Line West of Graphite Flats. Today, while oil still remains a top industry, Tourism has become the newest hot market, with several former Sticklands Central Locomotives currently in use on the Railroad.