One of the most recent projects on the Overland Route at the San Leandro Historical Railway Society has been the updating of the Sparks, NV yard. Pictures of the construction can be found here https://www.slhrs.org/photos/ho-scale-photos/
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Member video of the G&O Railroad, featuring the theme song written by Glenn
Tuesday evening running.
This Tuesday saw many members running their trains around the SP Overland Route. Of special interest was a visit by a family member of one of our previous members. That person had not seen the display since the early ’90’s, at which time there was very little if any of the current model railroad display….
Productive couple of weeks for the Southern Pacific Overland Route.
Recently much of the work has been focused on the HO scale display inside the depot. The major areas of work have been the roundhouse and turntable in the Roseville yard, and upstairs on the revamp of the the Sparks yard. The roundhouse and turntable project is going well with most of the track completed. The most…
President’s Report, August 2012 General Meeting
The budget should be complete by the next meeting. Thanks George for taking care of the graffiti on the porch. The old track has been removed from Sparks and the surface has been prepared for the new track. Work on the roundhouse is going well. The December show was announced for the first weekend in…
Pictures of the turntable upgrade.
As mentioned in one of the previous posts one of our large projects this year is the upgrade of the turntable in our Roseville yard. The work is goin well with only a few of the replacement tracks left to be installed. Here are some pics of the removal of the old turntable and the…
Productive Saturday for the HO display.
Today saw a lot of work being done on the HO display, and also a couple of trains running. Work is continuing on the turntable/roundhouse upgrade, with some of the track in the roundhouse being spiked into place. Further scenery work was done in the area around the entrance to the Fairfield yard. Also wiring…
Turntable update on the HO display.
One of the large projects that was started recently was to replace the turntable in the Roseville area of the HO display. We removed the old turntable as it had never worked very well and are in the process of installing a 130′ version from Walthers. The decision was made to remove all of the…
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.
Tuesday evening and a lot of work on the O scale.
On Tuesday we had several trains running, with both diesel and steam being featured. An interesting comparison of two different manufacturers versions of the Union Pacific heritage units went on for a while at the setup yard. Pink trees…actually model cherry trees are in the process of being added into the San Leandro area of…