Welcome
We are a membership organization of model railroading enthusiasts, part of the National Model Railroad Association which has 18,000 members around the world spread across 5 Regions. The Pacific Coast Region includes California,
Our Division is comprised of NMRA members in Northern California from the following counties:
Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte in the state of California.
The Redwood Empire Division has over 100 members.
OUR DIVISION SPANS THESE COUNTIES
(but we have members from other counties too!)
map
map
events
events
We host quarterly meets where members can socialize and share their projects and interests, including an annual picnic in a central location every August.
Additionally, we participate in events hosted by the Pacific Coast Region of the National Model Railroad Assocaition, and national conventions hosted by the NMRA itself.
Many of us are also members of "special interest groups" that focus on specific topics, such as Designing Layout or Model Railroad Operations
magazine
magazine
Our quarterly magazine is called the CALLBOARD, featuring interesting articles of local interest about real and model railroading.
A popular feature is member show and tell where members share what they are doing for the benefit of all.
We also keep you up to date on news and events in the CALLBOARD.
layouts
layouts
Many of our members have built operating model railroad layouts, others enjoy helping on layouts owned by others or clubs. Also some us us collect, model, and make plans for a future layout.
Our Region boasts many layouts that have received critical acclaim on a national level, including national magazines that have written feature stories. We seek to share these layouts with you through open houses, "operating sessions", and show and tell.
On this website, we have a section dedicated to providing you with a glympse of these layouts and sources for more information. <click here is under construction>.
helper service
helper service
A majority of our members have more than 30 years of model railroading experience, including everything from layout design to programming locomotives, scenery, benchwork, electrical, scratchbuilding, and operations to name just a few of their skill sets. Do you need anything? Are you new to the hobby or grappling with something that's "just not your thing"? Let your neighbors come help.
Also, many of us enjoy realistic layout "Operating Sessions". Are you curious about this and considering playing along? or are you a layout owner willing to open your sessions to newbies? RED can connect you to members who want to join in the fun.
We will introduce a helper service in the near future.
volunteering
volunteering
Curious about opportunities to help out? We are a small organization and we'd love your help, whether just a little or something more. let us know. it's more fun than you might guess...
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