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...

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...

Saturday July 2nd, Open extended hours.

This Saturday, July 2nd, we will be open from 9am until 5pm.  We will be welcoming the NMRA advance section Bay Area layout tours, from the convention in Sacramento.  Trains will be running constantly throughout the day both on the HO display and the G&O.