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Category: Members
Ed Van Pelt Train Tribute
Join us to honor in memorial member Ed Van Pelt’s passing and his passion for trains with a Train Tribute on November 8th.
Congratulations 2015-2016 SLHRS Board Members
Congrats are in order for our newly elected SLHRS board members, including our first female board member!
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…
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…
Derailments and such…
Tuesday was a pretty laid back day down at the depot. Early in the day some work was done on the G&O display, but the HO display had several members running trains in the evening. Overall it went pretty well, although a couple members had issues with cars derailing. My problems were caused mostly from…
The Ops Session That Didn’t Happen
An ops session was scheduled for tonight but unfortunately it was not to be. After figuring out all of the problems with the various locomotives it was too late to actually run. Instead the members just ran their trains as they preferred. We will give it another try next month.
Tuesday August 30th.
The ops session got off to a slow start due to some problems with member’s locomotives.
Saturday August 27: Work and Play
Saturday was an eventful day down at the depot with members both working and running trains on the G&O and also on the HO scale displays. Of interest on the O gauge portion of the G&O was the successful running of an antique tin train with several coaches. On the HO scale display we had…