Sacramento Central Railroad

Sacramento Modular Railroaders operate the Sacramento Central Railroad in prototypical fashion, with raw materials delivered to on-line industries and those same industries providing finished products to the rest of the country from the Geat Central Valley of California. To evoke the realism of the railroad, we require that modules be scenicked as soon as practicable. All modules on public display must be presentable - we do not display plywood deserts. Below are images taken of some of our modules. The photos were taken by several club members.

	UP 955 is returning from Elk Grove Beef Company after setting out stock cars. This locomotive is a super-detailed and painted Rail Power Products GP40X. It is equipped with working directional headlights and ditch lights and a Digitrax DH150A DCC decoder.
UP 9999 and UP 955 are holding the #1 and #2 main branch tracks at Elk Grove. Both locomotives are super-detailed and painted Rail Power Products GP40X units. They are equipped with directional headlights and ditch lights, and a Digitrax DH150A DCC decoder.
	The crew of Sacramento Central 1113 are setting out a bulk cement hopper at Thundering Herd Ready-Mix. This locomotive is an Atlas GP7 equipped with a Tony's Train Exchange Plug-N-Play decoder.
SC 5827 is a super-detailed and painted Athearn GP60 equipped with directional headlights and ditch lights and a Digitrax DH150A DCC decoder. Below the cab is the name of Fred Hartwell, one of our long-time members who passed away in 1998.
	A Thundering Herd Ready-Mix cement truck is loaded and ready for its next run after exiting the plant's loading facility. This cement mixer is painted like a prototype cement truck that attends the Thundering Herd football games at Elk Grove High School. The structure is a Walthers Blue Star Cement industry kit.
An employee at Elk Grove Beef Company is not yet aware that a Hereford bull has escaped from the cattle pens. The stock yard, cattle, and plant structure are Walthers kits.
	SC 1113, an Atlas GP7, is rolling into Elk Grove to switch industries at Elk Grove and Galt. This locomotive is equipped with a Tony's Train Exchange DCC decoder and Operation Lifesaver decals by Microscale Decals. SMR designed its Sacramento Central Railroad logo and decals. The decal sheets are made by Rail Graphics. Rail Graphics Homepage 2002
SC 715 has arrived at the station at Elk Grove with its commuter train. This locomotive is a super-detailed and painted Athearn F7A equipped with working headlight and oscillating headlight and a Digitrax DH150A DCC decoder.
	Hazelton showing Blue Line Manufacturing, Hazelton Coop Granary and loading ramp
Ed is dispatching. He wears a headset to communicate with the engineers on the line represented by green and yellow magnetic tags shaped like arrows placed on the permanent drawing of the layout. The point of the arrow identifies the direction the train is traveling. Each module present on a given run session is identified by the blue magnetic labels placed on the basic drawing. The layout is shaped like the letter "M." The yard is down the center and is connected to both the inner and outer main line through the wye. The two outer legs of the "M" end in a loop which by default returns a train on the opposite track by which it entered the loop, but through the cross-over at the top of the loop enables a train to return on the same track
	Steam is alive and well on the Sacramento Central. These engines are awaiting a call for service which they share with a roster of modern diesels. These locomotives are parked on the lead tracks from a fully operational turntable at the end of the main yard.

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