First day of the June Show

Today was a success as the first day of the June show. We had a fair amount of interest in the items available in our yard sale. Due to popular demand we will also be running the yard sale on Sunday. We will have many trains running, come down and see us.

SLHRS Halloween Open Depot

The San Leandro Historical Railway Society is proud to present our first ever night time Halloween open depot.  We’ll be decorating the depot with the spooky accouterments of Halloween and running trains both inside on the HO scale layout and outside on the G&O scale layout.  We’ll have candy for the kids and a great trial run for regular Halloween festivities.  The event is free and...

G&O BAGGRS Event a Hit!

Yesterday’s open house was a great success.  I want to thank everyone who participated in the event. We had about 50 BAGRS visitors and another 25 people who learned about the open house from newspaper or internet sources.  I want to thank Trisha Lyn Fawver for getting out the word. Joe Winkel and Edson Lee did a great job helping with many projects throughout the day. Many BAGRS...

G&O Outdoor Railway Open House

The G&O Outdoor Railway will be open on Sunday October 16, 2011 during the BAGRS’ East Bay District Tours.  Please subscribe to the “Trellis & Trestle” newsletter on the BAGRS website for more information. The G&O Railroad is located at 1302 Orchard Avenue, in Thrasher Park, at the corner of Orchard Avenue and Davis Street, in San Leandro. As many BAGRS members already...

Want A Spooky Halloween Open House? Vote Here!

We’re planning out our events for the rest of this year and next, so give us a hand.  It’s one of our goals this year to revamp some of our marketing materials and generate more donations to the society. Ultimately we’d love to put on more events throughout the year and make some great improvements to both the indoor and outdoor model train layouts. One of the first things...