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Welcome to the website of the Willow Creek Railroad.
The Willow Creek Railroad -- "officially" known as the Willow Creek Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad -- is a freelanced HO-scale model railroad layout set in the early 1950s, the transition era between steam engines and diesel locomotives. This website provides information about the layout including fictional history, track plan, operating scenario, construction techniques, and other information. Current pictures of the model railroad layout are also provided.
Family and friends visiting this website will most likely find the History, Layout Pictures, and Videos web pages to be of primary interest.
Operating Session Guide. A web page has been created specifically for individuals scheduled to participate in an Operating Session on the Willow Creek. The Operating Session Guide web page identifies key information about the layout typically of interest to operators.
Other modelers visiting this website will hopefully find the detailed information provided on the various web pages to be of interest.
NEW ! ! !
New videos are now available: Willow Creek Railroad: DCC Update, Willow Creek Railroad: Motive Power, and Willow Creek Railroad: Tiny People's Party Car. Links to both videos can be found on the Videos web page.
Be sure to view the video posted on the Willow Creek's YouTube channel -- Willow Creek: Special Announcement. This video details the "Gazette" frontpage news seen above. A link to the Willow Creek: Special Announcement video is available on the Videos web page.
The Willow Creek has again been honored with a photo in the 2023 NMRA Calendar on the cover page for the month of January. The photo is shown on the Publications web page.
Be sure to check out all the Willow Creek Railroad videos on YouTube, the "Vigment13" channel -- More than 311,000 views to date! See the Videos web page for links.