Diablo Valley Lines Presents Whistle Stop Shows

From Diablo Valley Lines: Families and train buffs can experience the Diablo Valley Lines all year during their 2017 whistle stop shows, featuring hundreds of model trains representing the mid-20th century through today, traveling over 4,300 feet of track on one of the world’s most mountainous model railroad layouts. The four weekend events will feature a specific era or theme.

Now in its seventh decade, each show includes a dramatic sunset and night scenes with a rainy thunderstorm, a street railway with trolley cars, big freight yards and a large passenger terminal.

The elaborate 34x56 foot layout includes a composite of the mountainous area of the Western United States, bridges, tunnels, terrain from desert to snow covered mountains, towns, train yards, electric street cars, wind turbine, ski lift gondola and more. More than 200 train cars and 50 steam and diesel engines are in operation during the show, dispatched by two dedicated Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society members.

2017 Show Schedule:

• January 14: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• January 15: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• January 27: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• February 24: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• March 18: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• March 19: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• March 31: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• April 28: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• May 20: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• May 21: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• May 26: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• June 30: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• July 29: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• August 25: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• September 16: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• September 17: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• September 29: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• October 27: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• November 17: 8 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• November 18: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• November 19: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• November 24: 2 – 10 p.m. (Friday)
• November 25: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Saturday)
• November 26: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday)
• December 29: 8 – 10 p.m. (Saturday)

Image Courtesy Of Diablo Valley Lines