Photo Gallery

Bear River Bridge - One of the most iconic structures on the original N.C.N.G. line

Our home at the Nevada County Fairgrounds — Historical Exhibit Open!

Engine #8 hauling a mixed freight consist

Engine #8 approaching the yard — beautiful detail and depth of field

Mountain hillside scene with structures and trackwork

Rolling stock detail on the N.C.N.G. layout

Period-accurate town buildings and scenery

Wide view of the N.C.N.G. model railroad

A freight train crosses the high trestle against a painted mountain backdrop.

A roadside tire change beside a field with a tractor and harvesting equipment.

Porch furniture, garden details, and miniature figures surround a trackside house.

A horse-drawn wagon at the railroad crossing beside the depot.

A close look at the locomotive's front end, with a crossing sign and delivery truck behind it.

The locomotive and tender beside the depot platform and crossing.

Crates and barrels fill the porch of a trackside building, with covered passenger cars in front.

Passenger coaches stand beside the railroad shops, with a vintage truck in the yard.

Figures gather outside the depot, with vintage cars parked beside the porch.

A construction scene with carpenters, stacked lumber, and a partly assembled timber frame.

A low view across the turntable toward the yard tracks and hillside storage tanks.

The turntable bridge spans its circular pit, with yard tracks branching beyond it.

A red boxcar beside a wooden yard building at the foot of the hillside.

Workshop machinery and scattered parts fill the foreground of the railroad yard.

Spare wheelsets, lumber, and miniature workers surround freight cars in the repair yard.

Locomotive No. 7 stands on a siding beside a vintage blue truck.

A side view of the compact locomotive beside the freight shed.

Tracks lead to a wooden engine shed and water tank in a wooded corner of the layout.

The Gold Flat Trestle scene, with a reference photograph mounted along the layout edge.

A timber ore bin, mine tunnel, and small shed on the hillside.

Tracks curve below the mine tunnel, timber ore bin, and small shed.

Work in progress among the layout's wooded hills, farm buildings, and curving tracks.

A row of storefronts with awnings, window signs, and miniature sidewalk figures.

Tools, parts, and locomotives on the workbench beneath the layout.

Farm tractors arranged beside a loading ramp, with a passenger coach on the track behind them.

A miniature car show beside the tracks, with a green passenger coach and a Victorian-style house.

Volunteer working on layout scenery and trackwork

Volunteer detailing structures on the layout

Volunteers constructing the layout at Nevada County Fairgrounds

N.C.N.G. building at the Nevada County Fairgrounds

Steam locomotive passing through town with buildings and Sierra backdrop

Panoramic view of the layout with trestle bridge and western landscape

Layout overview — buildings, rolling stock, and painted mountain scenery

Wide-angle view of the layout with town scene and trackwork

Volunteer at work on the layout scenery

Engine #9 passing the Kidder house — Christmas decorations and snowmen

Grass Valley yard and engine house during the Christmas season

Colfax depot — railroad crossing, Christmas tree lot, and horse riders

Town scene — Christmas decorations, vintage cars, and JCPenney delivery van

Original N.C.N.G. locomotive, circa 1900

Town scene overview with buildings, track, and painted Sierra backdrop

Town buildings and trackside scenery on our On3 scale layout

Engine approaching the trestle through the Sierra Nevada foothills

Freight train crossing the Bear River Bridge trestle — RPM Motor Oil and Shell tank cars

Full train on the Bear River Bridge — the signature piece of the layout