Northern California is home to many picturesque towns and hamlets. The town of Crockett California is a good example. Crockett is a gem, which grew initially as a port town on the busy strip of docks and mills that lined the Carquinez straight north of San Francisco bay in the mid to late 1800s. Ships unloaded freight into box cars 24 hours a day in the golden age of railroading for shipment to Oakland and points south along the route of the trans-continental railroad built by the Central Pacific.
In 1906, C&H sugar company grew to dominate the town as the other mills and the docks lining the straight closed. The railroad played an important role in the growth of this area. It is one reason the members of the The Carquinez Model Railroad Society decided to house its new HO scale railroad here.
Our vision is to preserve the heritage of railroading by creating a working, state-of-the-art HO scale model of the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific main line between Oakland, California and Sparks, Nevada. It is our goal to continue to research and preserve the history of model railroading by actively engaging people from every community and demographic. Through this we will teach the art of model railroading and the history and effect the railroads had on the building of California to others.This video is about You Tube Trailer
23 окт 2024
