Yosemite Valley Railroad

HO Scale
Owner: Jack Burgess
Layout Location: Newark, CA
“I have been researching this railroad for over 40 years.
Not only do I collect information, photos, and paper "artifacts" from this wonderful railroad, but I am also building a large HO scale layout based on the YVRR in my home in Newark, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Layout features 1-4 decks or levels to take better advantage of my limited (20'x20') available space.”

Yosemite Valley RR

HO Scale - late 1930's
Owner: Wes Swift
Layout Location: Santa Cruz
HO scale recreation of the Yosemite Valley RR in the late 1930's.
The layout is double-decked and uses laminated roadbed.
Features very realistic, actual prototype scenes.
NCE DCC is used for control and uncoupling with Kadee couplers and electromagnets.
The layout has been featured in Railroad Model Craftsman.
The high level of modeling realism compared favorably with the famous YVRR of Jack Burgess.

Sonora Pacific & Southern Pacific

HO/HOn3 – 1940’s thru 50’s
Owner: F. John LaBarba
Layout Location: Santa Cruz
A 20' x 20' HO/HOn3 layout depicting a California narrow gauge railroad interchanging with the Southern Pacific in the 1940's thru 50's.
It is a series of scenes, each with its own theme, set apart effectively by scenic dividers.
It features very find rock work & fantastic scenery.
There are freelanced depictions of Los Angeles, Westside Lumber, & a gold mine/mill complex.
Operation is by radio cab control.
Featured in Railroad Model Craftsman and in Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette.