Work in the San Leandro area of the HO display and work on the bridges for the G&O.

Work has been continuing at a feverish pace in the area of the HO display representing San Leandro.  The building representing the Del Monte fruit packing plant have been installed with only detailing and lighting left to complete.  A backdrop has been installed to tie the entire scene together, and painting is continuing on the rest of the backdrop in that area.  Come down and visit to see...

Halloween – Spooky Smashing Success!

I want to thank everyone who helped make Sunday night’s Halloween show a spooky smashing success. The HO and G&O displays put on a great show. This was our first Halloween and night show. It couldn’t have been better. We were swamped with visitors. Trisha did a wonderful job decorating the Depot. The HO display really looked wonderful with the dimmed lights, lighted buildings and...

Del Monte Foods and Police Cars

Today saw the installation of the of the Del Monte Foods in the San Leandro area of the display.   The building is mostly complete with only the dock and the final details to be completed. On the other end of the layout in Antelope the “gumball” type red beacons were installed in two of the police cars.  Speeders on the layout better watch out. A couple of members were running...

Scenery and Signal Discussion

This Saturday saw more progress on the ground-cover between Oleum and the Oakland yard on the HO scale display.  Currently underway in this area is a small cemetery. A discussion between a couple of members started to figure out what type of signalling will be used on the HO scale display. Several members were running trains today, these included at least one mixed freight, an Amtrak train, and...

Touching up Scenery, Working on Locomotives and Running Trains

This Tuesday was fairly busy at the Depot.  The scenery committee was working on touching up some of the scenery, painting over scratches in the plaster in preparation for more ground-cover. A couple of members spent the evening working on their locomotives, one with an electrical problem (ugh, the problems with converting to DCC), and the others working on setting up a couple of brand new...