Not-for-profit and Informational Resources

These Web sites support either non-commercial or not-for-profit organizations. Links are grouped under railroad train layouts and organizations, and sites that collect links and information about the hobby.

Train Layouts and Organizations

• The Inyo & White Mtn. Railroad. Modeling HO and HOn3, just like the DVL. Lots of scenic photos. Take your time and dream of railroading. Note the attention to the little details.

• The WEBVILLE AND HYPERTEXT RAILROAD COMPANY is a frequently traveled virtual railroad with information about clubs and railroad news items.

Railroad Information Sites

• Sacramento Northern On-Line. Well, I like this railroad, and its predecessor the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern. If you see any SN equipment laying around, send email!

• The clubhouse for the Diablo Valley Lines is located in Walnut Creek, California, just east of San Francisco. There are many more things to do while here.

• Is your bookmark list getting larger than your display? Christopher Muller maintains links to Movie, News Providers, Sports, and best of all Railroading Information located on the `net. He has it all. The Railroad location has moved AGAIN, and Chris sez this: But now RailServe is moving again with improved performance, a totoally new interface, BBS forums, live chat rooms, search engine, web site submissions, and offering support for creating your own railroad web sites!

Museums and Railroad Operating Organizations

• Jamestown 1897. Celebrating 100 years of railroading in the Motherlode area of California. Steam excursions start April 5th through October (weekends only). Lots of pictures.. bunch of information.

• Golden Gate Railroad Museum in South San Francisco at Hunter's Point Ship Yard. Keepers of SP 2472, and other fineries. It's dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, and the interpretation of local railroad history.

• Orland-Newville & Pacific. Ride behind a live steam 4-4-0 5'' scale engine modeled after the 3 foot narrow gauge railroads. Located halfway between Sacramento and Redding in Northern California along highway 99 in Orland, right in the Glenn County Fairgrounds. Take the exit for Road 16 from highway 5 or 99, and head east. The fairgrounds are between East and Papst streets. For more information, call (916) 865-9747, or write to them at O-N&P, 221 East Yolo Street, P.O. Box 667, Orland, CA 95963

• (From the O-N&P flyer, but typos are mine)

  The railroad runs every weekend in the spring and fall. The first run of the season is on the Saturday before Easter and features an Easter Egg Hunt. The Spring schedule ends with the week of the Glenn County Fair in mid May. The Fall run starts on Labor Day Weekend and runs through the Harvest Festival near the end of October. The week before the Festival there are pumpkin patch runs everyday for school children. The pumpkin patch is open during the Harvest Festival and is open to the public.

  The train also runs on the Fourth of July, Father's Day, and Halloweeen with a special "Spook Train".

  The picnic grounds are always open when the train is running if you wish to bring your own lunch and spend some time at Dead Owl Curve under the big trees, at no extra charge. Private parties are welcome.

• The Harris Semiconductor Mountain Top features JPEGs of steam engines from Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvannia, USA (check out the whole page). Every one hundred miles a steam engine gets a grease job.

• Trains just for fun. Here is a list of miniature and full size trains located in the Contra Costa and Alameda counties. (The Diable Valley Lines and Black Diamond Lines (Antioch) are located in Contra Costa County, California.)