Spring 2016 Open House & Train Show Next Weekend

Come on down for the Spring 2016 Open House & Train Show April 9th & 10th, 10 am to 4 pm

New Clinic! Caboose Lighting

SLHRS Skills Clinic

RSVP for our latest skills clinic and learn how to properly light your caboose! This caboose lighting clinic happens February 27th at 10:00 AM!

New Clinic! DCC: Basic Operations

SLHRS Skills Clinic

Our second skills clinic of the 2015-2016 season, DCC: Basic Operations will be October 10th at 10:00 AM!

New Clinic! Keeping Trains on the Track

SLHRS Skills Clinic

Our first skills clinic of the 2015-2016 season, Keeping Trains on the Track, will be September 26th at 10:00 AM!

Spring 2015 Open House & Train Show Dates

Come on down for the Spring 2015 Open House & Train Show April 18th & 19th, 10am to 4pm

Engineer Photo Opp Success!

SLHRS Engineer Photo Op

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 … Read more

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/

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. … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more