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Oakhurst Railroad

Welcome to the Oakhurst Railroad!

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The Oakhurst Railroad is an HO scale model railroad running through the real
central Sierra town of Oakhurst, California. Although no real railroad ever ran through
Oakhurst, the area is rich in logging and gold mining history and several railroads and
logging flumes operated nearby. My parents and brothers live and work in Oakhurst
today and I spent many summers there. After about 20 years of planning and dreaming,
my son and I built the 16' by 16" Oakhurst Railroad in our garage.

Locomotive Roster
#1 MDC Climax "Oakhurst"
#2 MDC 2-Truck Shay "Coarsegold"
#3 MDC 3-Truck Shay "Yosemite"

Rolling Stock
#1-#8 MDC Shorty Flat Cars - used mostly as logging cars
#9 MDC Shorty Flat Car - built as a gondola car
#10 MDC Shorty Flat Car - kitbashed as a snow plow car
#11 MDC Log Car
#50 MDC Tank Car - kitbashed as a water firefighting car
#20-#23 MDC Ore Cars
#31 MDC Box Car - kitbashed from MDC refer car
Logging Camp Office Car - kitbashed from MDC caboose parts
IHC Drover Caboose
MDC Shorty Combine
MDC Shorty Coach
MDC Shorty Observation (NEW)
#99 Kadee Logging Caboose
#98 Logging Caboose - kitbashed to shorten Athern Caboose

I hope you enjoy seeing the progression of the Oakhurst Railroad from paper plan to
operating (but not "finished") model railroad.
Go here to see construction photos:
Construction Photo Page

To experience the "Oakhurst Railroad" in real life, I recommend a ride on the nearby Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad.
Events at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine RR

Other railroad related links:
Tehachapi RailCam
Shay Railroad Shop
Climax Locomotive Page
Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
1 Railroad Ave: The place to shop for model trains
Home Of Roundhouse Products
NMRA Directory Homepage (NMRA on the Web)
Another version of this page

Web pages of relatives and friends:
Taurus Transmission Homepage
Maternal Hydrocephalus Page
Hollar Family Home Page

To make comments, drop me a line:
mkbradley@aol.com
Make sure to include "railroad" or something related in the subject so I can tell it is not junk mail!

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