It's fun to get out and see other layouts. Recently a friend from the Ntrak club and I visited an N Scale modular setup at a museum about 40 miles away in Danville, California.
This layout has been set up in the Museum of the San Ramon Valley for the past several weeks by a group of N Scale modelers including Paul (in the red shirt), who is my partner in the AsiaNrail modular layout and is also active in our Ntrak group.
The layout represents the Southern Pacific San Ramon Valley Branch as it would have been in the 1920's. This was a point to point setup running steam engines and using an NCE DCC system for control.
Several of the modules were Paul's and are ones we have used in the AsiaNrail layout. One of these is this Wye module shown below. While the track is attached, all the scenery elements are removable so this module can be used in different type layouts.
This is the same module in the AsiaNrail layout.
Here are a couple of the many well done scenes on this layout.
The museum itself is in a restored SP standard number 18 station similar to several that are modeled on this layout.
We had a great time visiting this layout and afterwards enjoyed lunch at one of the nearby eating establishments. I've driven through this area on the Interstate countless times but never realized before that there had at one time been a rail line following the same route.
The San Ramon Valley Branch group has a website: https://thesrvrr.yolasite.com/
Also, TSG Mulitmedia did a fine video on this layout:
Southern Pacific San Ramon Valley Branch N Scale Layout Tour (youtube.com)
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