A Note from San Leandro Historical Railway Society President Mark L. Johnson, J.D. We are pleased to announce that on Tuesday 5/26/15, the Contractor hired by the City of San Leandro to make repairs to the Depot delivered and installed the Scaffolding necessary to complete the repairs. As you may recall our Depot was damaged…
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GuideStar Exchange Bronze Status
The San Leandro Historical Railway Society received the GuideStar Exchange Bronze level logo, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability.
San Leandro Southern Pacific Depot Damaged in Dec. 30th Wind Storm
The historic Southern Pacific Depot, located in Thrasher Park in San Leandro, was damaged during the recent wind storm in the San Francisco Bay Area on December 30th, 2014.
Pictures with Santa! New for the 2014 Winter Open House
For the first time ever, Santa will be stopping by the San Leandro Historical Railway Society to run his trains during our 2014 Winter Open House! He’s agreed to let the wonderful boys & girls who will be there tell him what they want for Christmas and take pictures! Santa understands that we’re trying to…
Fall 2014 Open House & Train Show Announced!
Our new Fall 2014 Open House & Train Show will be taking place September 20th & 21st, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday and 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Our indoor HO Scale Display and our outside G&O Gauge Garden Railway Display will both be fully operational, weather permitting. Like our Summer…
Help Us Paint the Depot! Donate on GoFundMe.com
If you’ve been to see us, you may have noticed that our Depot could use a face lift. Being in a public park in a suburban setting, we see our share of graffiti, unfortunately, and do our best to clean it up. Of course, that takes a toll on our paint. As does the normal…
Engineer Photo Opp Success!
We had a great two days this past weekend with our Summer 2014 Open House & Train Show! The HO display inside was running smoothly with some members running multiple trains at once, while the G&O out back sparkled in the sunshine. Lots of adults and kids had a great time exploring both layouts. Even…
Fun in the Sun on the G&O Display
We had a successful weekend at our Summer 2014 Open House! A lot of traffic came through the back yard looking at our G&O Garden Railway and we had a lot of fun with the great weather. Society member Joe Barker took some great shots of the visitors. Many children played with the Children’s area…
New this Weekend: Train Engineer Photo Ops!
We’re gearing up for this weekend’s open house! Have you RSVP’d on Facebook? Our members have been busy the last few weeks qualifying their trains, cleaning the depot, and baking delightful goodies for our Bake Sale! Since it’s Father’s Day weekend, we want to make sure all the dads spending their days with us have…
New Pictures Added of the Sparks Yard Construction.
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/