Sponsors of PCR Layout Design and Operations meets

The PCR Layout Design and Operation meet organizers gratefully thanks our sponsors and raffle prize providers!

Pacific Coast Region of National Model Railroad Association (PCR NMRA)

The Pacific Coast Region is the local organization bringing together model railroaders across Northern California, Oregon, Nevada, and Hawaii. We arrange frequent meets throughout the region, hold a yearly convention, and hold multiple virtual events every year.

Layout Design Special Interest Group

The Layout Design Special Interest Group (LDSIG) is a non-profit educational institution that exists to further the art of model railroad track planning and model train layout design. In addition to its regular publication (the Layout Design Journal), the group also organizes layout design-related events at NMRA conventions and meetings, and holds virtual and in-person events to share layout design advice.

Precision Model Railroad

N Scale Helix Kits and T-TRAK Module Kits for model railroaders short on time, space, or woodworking/engineering skills. Our laser cut kits are for all, not just the experts! Made from Baltic Birch plywood, our products are exceptionally designed, easy to build, and no special tools needed. If you can glue it, you can do it! Learn more at our website PrecisionModelRailroad.com or join our Facebook community.

TSG Multimedia

TSG Multimedia is a video production company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in:

• Promoting prototype rail fanning.
• Promoting model railroading.
• Preserving history.

Our main focus is currently on producing content for YouTube, but TSG Multimedia is also for hire if you need top-quality videography for your business or special event.

In addition to the main channel that focuses on historic information, there is also a second channel that has an eclectic catalog of miscellaneous programs, including life hacks, naturescapes, and more.

To view the YouTube pages and see all 2000+ videos TSG Multimedia has uploaded there, please visit TSG Multimedia on YouTube or TSG Channel 2 on YouTube.

Miniprints

Craftsman-level 3d-printed figures, animals, and details for your model railroad.

Model Railroad Control Systems

Model Railroad Control Systems: Electronics for Operations!

Our Mission is to be a hub for open-source hardware for model railroad electronics. Open source software, such as JMRI, has made a huge contribution to the Model Railroading Hobby. As costs of design and short-run production of electronics (and now models using 3D printing) have dropped dramatically, we saw an opportunity to promote the creation and distribution of Model Railroad electronic hardware by creating a commerce site so that modelers (both those who design and build electronics and those who use them) can have a permanent source of useful off-the shelf community-designed products.

While it is always nice to get in on a "group buy" you have to know you have the need, be in the loop, and have the cash when the deal comes up. With MRCS, you can go to the store any time and order what you need.

Our secondary objective is to provide a marketplace for handy parts needed to complete a signaling or communications system. Lastly we provide a variety of product design, layout electrical, signaling and communications design and implementation services.

Niles Canyon Railway

The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, operates Niles Canyon Railway as a living history museum interpreting the importance of our heritage railroads in the development of California and the nation. The purpose of the organization is to preserve the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960. Our mission is to develop and operate a working railroad museum for the benefit of the general public.

The museum is designed to increase public education, enjoyment, and appreciation of the significance of America’s western railroads by:

Operating historic railroad equipment using standard railroad practices for train crews, signaling, block operations, and equipment maintenance.

Preserving the atmosphere of railroads in small-town America before the 1960s by connecting the historic communities of Sunol, the Niles District of Fremont, and eventually Pleasanton.

Providing educational programs for schools, civic organizations, and community events.

Instructing the public in railroad history, tradition, and the evolution of rail transportation technology.

The Pacific Locomotive Association also has railroad artifacts on display and interpretive educational exhibits at the Sunol Depot.