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 installation of the new one from Walthers. The paper sign says \”Hard Hat Area, Men at...

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 for one of the switches leading from San Leandro into the Oakland yard was completed....

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 track from the roundhouse due to them being slightly short for the new table.  Our open hours...

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.

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 rest of the backdrop in that area.  Come down and visit to see the...