The Fresno Model Railroad Club
Scrapbook

Section of downstairs layout showing the farm corner.	Submitted by Stan Miller.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Warren Gibbs in front of the Fresno yard on the upstairs layout..
Volunteer firefighters at a training session.	Submitted by John Nicholson.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Switching at Harrington Point as local 419 passes by.
Bird's eye view of the Selma Station.	Submitted by John Nicholson.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Close up view of the Selma Station.
View of Warren from the second floor of the Lee house across the street from the Selma Station.	Submitted by John Nicholson.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Stan Miller repairing a loco as Chris Launer looks on.
For those of you not familiar with Selma. It is located in central California about fifteen miles south of Fresno and during the time when railroads ran their own passenger trains the Southern Pacific was the one that stopped in town.	Submitted by Stan Miller.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Open House - Halloween 2006
Another Open House	Submitted by John Nicholson.
Submitted by John Nicholson.	Pat Boyle and Warren Gibbs
Al and Mike selling in Bakersfield, 2007	Submitted by Al Mollo.
Submitted by Al Mollo.	Geoff Brown sealing the windows to keep out dust and extreme weather

Upstairs

	New Scenery Construction from Start to Present Submitted by Al Mollo



Lots of Rocks


Top of the Mountain




Rock Cliff Area

Bottom Section of the Mountain



	The Mountain is named Smalridge Mountain
Soon after starting the mountain we were forced to redirect the wind from the cooler because of the HO scale hurricane it created.

Closeup Details on the Mountain Firetower to the right and the walkway leading to the tower below.

	Old hunting cabin reachable by horseback or on foot.
Mountain lion perched on a ledge high above the cabin.
	The Seidleburg water tower.
Smokey the Bear sign at the entrance to the cabin trail.
	Culverts under the yard to handle runoff from the canyon.
On the outskirts of Seidleburg.
	The older part of Seidleburg across the tracks.
The collapsed tunnel.
	Eagles nest on the tree top.
Close-up of the nest
	A deer on the mountain.
Here is another.
	The two tunnels emerge from Smalridge mountain.
Close-up of the sign between the tunnels.
	Gullywash Canyon, not a good place to be when it's raining.
Boy! There's nothing like Oppenheimer Sausage smothered in Cloverbloom Butter.
	Amtrak 489 passing by Seidleburg.
Close-up of the firetower showing the satelite dish and the three rangers.
	Dodger Fans should like this picture.
A look back in time at Selma. The depot is behind the white house to the left of the gas station.
	Tracey Scharmann of KQED at our layout to interviews members for a promo.

N Scale Layout

	This tall mountain takes up a corner of the layout.
Rumor has it that two guys that climbed to the top of that rock found a gold nugget and named the rock "Elation Rock".
	Close-up of the north tunnel portal..
A close-up of the west tunnel portal.

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