Northwestern Pacific in August 1953: Michael Dziubinski N Layout Tour

Michael Dziubinski presents his layout of the Northwestern Pacific. This N scale shelf and island style with 65 feet of mainline in a 12×15 room and 30 feet of staging/reversing in an adjacent room based on the Northwestern Pacific in August of 1953. It is fully operational, and the scenery is at the 60% mark. The NWP was a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific and ran from Tiburon California in the south, to Eureka California in the north. The layout models the southern division and begins at the town of Tiburon on San Francisco Bay. The NWP interchanged with the ATSF via rail car barge in Tiburon and it is where their main shops were located. The layout continues railroad east, compass north, through various towns and changes in topography such as tidal areas, farmland, vineyards, and redwood forests. The main layout ends in the redwood forests near the town of Hopland. From there it exits to staging and a reversing loop in another room. This video was recorded Jan 8, 2022, of a layout tour by the NMRA 4th Division in the Pacific Northwest Region, aka 4D PNR. To learn more about the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) and their local groups, visit https://www.nmra.org/