Roaring Camp Big Trees Route

This is a ficional route based on the real Roaring Camp route.  It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Santa Cruz coast of California. There are two sections of the route. In the mountains is the start of the route. From there, you head down to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. This section is a little more than nine miles long. You pass the Roaring Camp Big Trees Scenic Railroad along the way. You will go across two bridges and one tunnel. Once you come down from the mountain you will run along a commercial and residential area before you get to downtown Santa Cruz. There you have one station to load and unload your passengers. I put in a small yard not to far from the station. From the train station, the route continues down Main Street along the beach and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I put in a small passenger loading and unloding point at the boardwalk. From that point you will continue along over the bridge and go through another residential and commercial area. I put in a loop so you can come back around to go back up the Mountain to Roaring Camp Big Trees Scenic Railroad. The Roaring Camp Big Trees Scenic Railroad section in real life is for narrow gauge trains. In the route the track gauge is normal, but this section has sharp turns, so you will not be able to run long engines. This section is great for Shays and smaller engines. You start in a small train town and go up the mountain. You will run along a long wooden trestle before you come to the Old Western Town. There you can get off the train and explore around if you want. You then will continue throught the Western town and the route will curve to the left and traval past a small farm and cattle ranch. From that point you will continue to the end where you will come to a small town where the train will loop back to go back to Roaring Camp Big Trees starting point. This section is around six miles long.