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…
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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…
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.
Eventful Saturday
This Saturday was an eventful day down at the depot. On the HO scale display more scenery work was done in the Selby/Oleum area of the layout. Several members were running trains today, including a very nice model of the California Zephyr and of the Empire Builder. These trains were joined by a passenger consist…
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…
Saturday July 2nd, Open extended hours.
This Saturday, July 2nd, we will be open from 9am until 5pm. We will be welcoming the NMRA advance section Bay Area layout tours, from the convention in Sacramento. Trains will be running constantly throughout the day both on the HO display and the G&O.
Successful Summer Open House
A note from the San Leandro Historical Railway Society President, Joe Barker. We had another successful summer show this weekend. We had a extremely good attendance both days. This was especially surprising Saturday morning when it was raining heavily. The weather was beautiful most of today. Both the HO and G&O railroads were running and…
Prep for the Open House
Work has been continuing at a furious pace to get at least one loop of track completed on the G&O to be ready for the open house this coming weekend. Work has also been progressing on the HO scale layout, mostly in the area of sound and some light up signs. Here are some pictures…
New videos on the SLHRS YouTube channel.
We have recently posted 2 new videos on the SLHRS YouTube channel. The first video shows one of our members running the first live steam locomotive (actually the first powered locomotive period) on the upper section of the G&O garden railway. The second video was taken by another of our members inside on the HO…
Productive Saturday 1-15-11
Today was another productive Saturday, with work continuing on both the G&O and the HO scale display. For the G&O work is continuing on the bench-work for the setup yard. On the HO scale display work is continuing on the Alameda Mole, we now have epoxy “water” with ripples. Over in Antelope sound was added…