Bay Area N-Trak Clubhouse
The Depot

The Club meets in the Wells Fargo room of the historic Crockett Railroad Depot.



The club's portion of the depot is the left side (as seen in the picture), entering through the large freight doors. The right side, which was the historical passenger section, is a museum dedicated to the area's part in WWII. The C & H Sugar factory can be seen in the background. The Carquinez bridge is just west of the depot.

The club room features a large window that can be used for watching the main line rail traffic that passes along the waterfront between the depot and the sugar plant. It can also be used for watching some of the sugar loading operations at the plant. Many trains, from UP freight and container trains, to AMTRAK California passenger trains, go by at regular intervals.

The Club's Layout

The pictures below show the club layout. The layout features a long mainline (using the traditional red and blue N-Trak lines to make one continuous loop), and a point to point middle line. The Yard sits in the center. The main line also has several stubs and branches for operations and switching.

This picture shows the inside of the Depot, and how the layout fills most of the room.  The layout is a "G" shape, so that we can get to all parts of the layout without having to duck under the modules. This picture shows the Yard, which makes up the 'inside' part of the G.  The main lines run around the outside of the yard and turn around under the city at the end. This is a picture of the city at the end of the Yard.  The city is dominated by a large stub passenger terminal, below street level.  The main lines pass around behind the terminal under the city in a long tunnel. This is a picture of the city, its terminal, and the yard, taken from behind the city looking back at the yard.
This is another picture of the Yard and city peninsula. This picture shows the 'street side' of the layout.  This section can be thought of as the top of the G.  The grey area is a large industrial area, complete with a small yard. This picture shows a closer view of the industrial complex, as well as the town at the end of this peninsula.  The town serves as the other end of the mainline loop, and has a complex crossover to keep the tracks aligned. This is the back of the module (back in reference to being the farthest from the front doors).
This is a closer picture of the back of the module, showing the variety of scenery available.  There is also a small mine complex. This picture shows the 'street side' of the layout.  This side is largely rolling hills and a wide river (complete with a whale!).  There are scattered towns on both ends.