Posted by slhrs_6lo5i1 on Feb 18th, 2016 | 0 comments
Our HO Division Superintendent, Tom Blinn, and Electrical Committee Chair and Society Treasurer Barry Chinn will be running a new clinic for the 2015-2016 season! This clinic will be “Caboose Lighting”. This clinic will happen on Saturday, February 27th in the Depot Museum. The clinic will be a hands-on session building one of the boards. If you bring 2 trucks with plastic side frames and...
Posted by slhrs_6lo5i1 on Sep 28th, 2015 | 0 comments
Our HO Division Superintendent, Tom Blinn, will be running our second clinic for the 2015-2016 season! This clinic will be “DCC: Basic Operations”. This clinic will happen on October 10th in the Depot Museum. Tom will be covering basic operation, programming, and installation of Digital Command Control (DCC). The DCC protocol is defined by the Digital Command Control Working group of the...
Posted by slhrs_6lo5i1 on Sep 10th, 2015 | 0 comments
Our HO Division Superintendent, Tom Blinn, will be running our first clinic for the 2015-2016 season! This clinic will be “Keeping Trains on the Track”. This is a fundamental clinic that all should understand in order to maximize the enjoyment of the railroading hobby. This works for all scales. You will have to bring nothing other than an open mind and a desire to have your track and trains...
Posted by slhrs_6lo5i1 on Jul 6th, 2015 | 0 comments
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,...
Posted by slhrs_6lo5i1 on Jun 1st, 2015 | 0 comments
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 on 12/30/14, when a tree was blown down during a wind storm. We are...