Members' Resource Page

This page contains various files useful particularly to members of the Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society. For a visitor, the files here can complement your understanding of the layout and how we operate it.

The following files are archived here:

• Walnut Creek Model Railroad University. Training and demonstrations by Senior members for 2008 Update Jan 2008

• Valley District Operator Pamplets. File describing briefly how to operate the different yard panels. Update March 2004

• Diablo Yard Schematic. AutoCAD DXF drawing of the Diablo Freight Yard. Includes Arrival, Departure, Engine Facilities, and Hump. (T. Moreland)

• Running the DVL layout. Large document description operation procedures and operation etiquette. Details how to operate the mainline cabs, interurban, local towers, and the yard panels. Includes how to read the volt and amp meters, plus sample dialogues for the intercom system. (The Narrow Gage section is incomplete.)
  Update March 2004

• Historic Diablo Valley Lines Timetable. When the trains stop at which stations. Wonderfully patterend after a 1970's Southern Pacific schedule. And yes, there really was a stop named Olympia in the south bay area. (R. Colton)