California Railroad Museum

[boatwrench]

My grandchildren are on spring break. Yesterday the 4th grader and I went to Sacramento CA to see the historic Sutter's Fort as she is studying California History. We took the opportunity to visit the CA RR Museum and look at the exhibits there spending time with a docent and the transcontinental railroad.

Anyway, the NMRA set up an exhibit wing showing the usual scale size differences, a layout in progress to show technique and in accompanying glass cases the tools & materials used to create the scene. Walking through the exhibit the last section were dioramas. I couldn't determine but got the idea that these were not built as dioramas but were sections from dismantled layouts as the names of the builders had life dates, like so& so 1942- 2012, etc. Then we saw the complete MR magazine project layout San Juan Central. Complete, in a glass case. When I got home late last night was looking for info on an older MR article on the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) Tiburon CA Terminal. Well, you know the many rabbit holes you can fall into when researching something on the internet. I saw that the builder of the San Juan Central Malcom Furlough passed away two weeks ago.

 

[migalyto]

My grandchildren are on spring break. Yesterday the 4th grader and I went to Sacramento CA to see the historic Sutter's Fort as she is studying California History. We took the opportunity to visit the CA RR Museum and look at the exhibits there spending time with a docent and the transcontinental railroad.

Anyway, the NMRA set up an exhibit wing showing the usual scale size differences, a layout in progress to show technique and in accompanying glass cases the tools & materials used to create the scene. Walking through the exhibit the last section were dioramas. I couldn't determine but got the idea that these were not built as dioramas but were sections from dismantled layouts as the names of the builders had life dates, like so& so 1942- 2012, etc. Then we saw the complete MR magazine project layout San Juan Central. Complete, in a glass case. When I got home late last night was looking for info on an older MR article on the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) Tiburon CA Terminal. Well, you know the many rabbit holes you can fall into when researching something on the internet. I saw that the builder of the San Juan Central Malcom Furlough passed away two weeks ago.

Sounds like a fun educational visit.

Did you happen to grab aany photos to share?

 

[RE#1]

R.I.P. Mr. Furlough. Another great railroad modeler gone.

 

[skyliner]

I've got a picture I can share handy. Here's AC-12 #4294, the only cab forward preserved, and probably my favorite steam locomotive. I first saw it when I was young, back in the 1980s sometime. This picture is from one of my more recent visits around 2015, I think I was in town for work. The CSRM is a great museum and well worth a visit whenever one is in the area.

 

[skyliner]

When I got home late last night was looking for info on an older MR article on the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) Tiburon CA Terminal. Well, you know the many rabbit holes you can fall into when researching something on the internet. [original post trimmed]

Have you seen the new NWP books from Morning Sun Books published just last year? There are a handful of pictures of the Tiburon operation in both volumes, although nothing of a comprehensive overview. Like most RR books they were not cheap, but I was astonished to find them in a local hobby shop here in Minnesota. I grew up near the NWP in Marin county, so it's always been an interest of mine.

 

[Iron Horseman]

I've got a picture I can share handy. Here's AC-12 #4294, the only cab forward preserved, and probably my favorite steam locomotive.

I've never liked that locomotive. Thought they looked "strange". But the picture is GREAT and the locomotive is truly impressive.