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~ 5 Mile Railroad ~

Last Update: December 6, 2024

Clay model

HISTORY
The 5 Mile Railroad will depict a 4.8 mile narrow gauge section of the North Pacific Coast Railroad
(NPC), in western Sonoma County California from approximately 1876 - 1906. This 4.8 mile section of the
NPC began in Occidental, CA (Elevation 570 ft.) and ran northbound, descending through a dense redwood
forest along Dutch Bill Creek to a stop near the Tyrone saw mill (Elevation 62 ft.). This 508 ft. decent
in elevation equates to a 5.7% grade. The mainline on the layout will be built without any grade and will
include the areas listed below that existed according to extensive research and my 20 plus years of
travel along the same route. There will be one fictional section of track that connects Streeton's Mill
to Occidental directly for logging locomotive operation.

Back in the day, a traveler, would pass two towns/villages, two saw mills, cross two wood trestles
(one curved, one straight), cross three bridges (one wood and two steel), go through one tunnel, and see
creeks and towering redwoods. A lot of cool stuff in 4.8 miles. Perfect for a HOn3 layout.

0. General: Updated 10-26-2023

1. Occidental, CA: Updated 10-27-24

2. Maquire Creek Trestle: Updated 07-30-2024

3. Camp Meeker, CA: Updated 01-29-2023

4. Newana (Ochre), CA: Updated 03-18-2023

5. Larry Creek Trestle: Updated 11-29-2024

6. Newana/Dutch Bill Creek Bridge: Updated 01-29-2023

7. Streeton's Mill: Updated 11-02-2023

8. Tunnel #5: Updated 11-02-2023

9. Tyrone/Dutch Bill Creek Truss Bridge: Updated 12-06-2024

10. Tyrone/Highway Overgrade Deck Girder Bridge: Updated 11-02-2023

11. Tyrone Mill: Updated 09-09-2023

12. Logging Spur (Fictional): Updated 12-29-2023



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