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Spring 2015 Open House & Train Show Dates
Come on down for the Spring 2015 Open House & Train Show April 18th & 19th, 10am to 4pm
Dine at Famous Dave’s March 28th to Benefit the SLHRS!
Dine at Famous Dave’s March 28th to Benefit the SLHRS!
San Leandro Southern Pacific Depot Damaged in Dec. 30th Wind Storm
The historic Southern Pacific Depot, located in Thrasher Park in San Leandro, was damaged during the recent wind storm in the San Francisco Bay Area on December 30th, 2014.
Pictures with Santa! New for the 2014 Winter Open House
For the first time ever, Santa will be stopping by the San Leandro Historical Railway Society to run his trains during our 2014 Winter Open House! He’s agreed to let the wonderful boys & girls who will be there tell him what they want for Christmas and take pictures! Santa understands that we’re trying to…
Halloween Track or Treat October 28th
The San Leandro Historical Railway Society will hold its annual Halloween train show on Tuesday, October 28. The G&O Garden Railroad will be open from 5 to 8:30 p.m. so that kids may visit during daylight. The Society’s HO display is scheduled to be open from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free. Our 116-year-old…
Fall 2014 Open House & Train Show Announced!
Our new Fall 2014 Open House & Train Show will be taking place September 20th & 21st, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday and 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Our indoor HO Scale Display and our outside G&O Gauge Garden Railway Display will both be fully operational, weather permitting. Like our Summer…
Help Us Paint the Depot! Donate on GoFundMe.com
If you’ve been to see us, you may have noticed that our Depot could use a face lift. Being in a public park in a suburban setting, we see our share of graffiti, unfortunately, and do our best to clean it up. Of course, that takes a toll on our paint. As does the normal…
Engineer Photo Opp Success!
We had a great two days this past weekend with our Summer 2014 Open House & Train Show! The HO display inside was running smoothly with some members running multiple trains at once, while the G&O out back sparkled in the sunshine. Lots of adults and kids had a great time exploring both layouts. Even…
Fun in the Sun on the G&O Display
We had a successful weekend at our Summer 2014 Open House! A lot of traffic came through the back yard looking at our G&O Garden Railway and we had a lot of fun with the great weather. Society member Joe Barker took some great shots of the visitors. Many children played with the Children’s area…