MR Western Pacific Z layout for sale

[Chris333]

I remember once back when I was into putting hydraulics on cars we ordered 36 group 31 marine batteries (the big ones) from California. They ended up finding a semi driver who was coming this way (Ohio) and put the whole skid right on the truck for $120. The semi couldn't come down my street because of low wires so we had to drive up the road and load them all in the trunk.

Overseas would be different though.

[Pray59]

It looks like that layout will be moving to my area. It just sold:

Western Pacific in Z Scale to be preserved in Portola.

Will you help?

In 1986, Model Railroader Magazine ran one of its classic "Railroad You Can
Model" series of articles introducing their first Z scale layout. The railroad
modeled was the Western Pacific.

The layout showcased Z scale's ability to capture large distances and allowed
the flavor of the well-loved WP to be built in a space less than five by ten
feet. It spent a short time on tour before becoming part of the collection of a
model railroad museum in Wisconsin. When the museum closed its doors a few
years later, the layout vanished and was presumed gone for good.

Recently, the Feather River Rail Society received the exciting news that the
layout had, in fact, survived the museum's closing and had made its way into the
hands of a private collector in Wisconsin. The current owner has agreed to sell
the layout to the FRRS.

The total estimated cost to purchase, ship and populate it with rolling stock is
$5000.00. Once at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA, the WP Z
Scale Model Railroad will be on public display or on the road to off campus
venues such as Dunsmuir Railroad Days or selected model railroad shows.

-Robert