Become a Volunteer

No model railroad experience needed.

How to start

Email your interests and availability to arrange your first work session.

Email about volunteering

Or write to ncngrr@hotmail.com.

Ways to help

  • Operate trains, or welcome visitors and share railroad history as a docent.
  • Build and maintain scenery, structures, and wiring.
  • Help with research, photography, and documentation.

Work sessions

First Saturday and third Wednesday of the month, usually 11 AM to 2 PM.

Email us before attending to confirm the session and entry arrangements. Work sessions are for volunteering, not public visits.

See announced public openings

Junior members (ages 12-18) are welcome with an accompanying adult member.

School visits: Teachers covering local or transportation history can email us about bringing a class to a published public event.

Volunteers at work

Volunteers constructing layout at Nevada County Fairgrounds
Volunteers constructing the layout at Nevada County Fairgrounds
Volunteer working on layout scenery and trackwork
Volunteer working on layout scenery and trackwork
Volunteer detailing structures on the model railroad layout
Volunteer detailing structures on the layout
Volunteer at work on the N.C.N.G. layout scenery
Volunteer at work on the layout scenery