Repainting our Historic Building Almost Complete

The repainting of our 118-year-old Depot, a San Leandro historic building, is almost complete! The contractor, Mark Miller Painting, expects that they’ll be all finished up by Friday, just in time for our June Meeting.  This meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 3rd, at 7:30 PM.  We’ve been working to raise the money for this repainting project for several years, so now that the...

Construction is Complete on our SP Depot

HUGE thanks are in order to the City of San Leandro!  As you recall, the Eastern side of our SP Depot was damaged on December 30th, 2014 in the big wind storm here in San Leandro.  A large Eucalyptus tree on the Thrasher Park property uprooted and fell into our building, damaging the eves, a window, and some of the Norris Falls area of the G&O Garden Railway. We cleaned up the railway,...

Installation of the G&O Awning

Since 2008 when the G&O Garden Railroad project was first started at the San Leandro Depot, the plans have included an awning over the layout to protect from excessive sun while operating the layout.  Finally this year, we’ve installed it!  Check out our installation crew of current SLHRS president Dominic Fawver, Jeff Zolfarelli, and George Downs putting up the awning and eldest...