Fun at the 107th San Leandro Cherry Festival

We had a great time representing the San Leandro Historical Railway Society at the 107th San Leandro Cherry Festival on June 4th!  Society members Dominic & Trisha Fawver set up the booth and held down the fort most of the day, with members Peter Garrison, Mark Johnson, Edson Lee, Stan Voogd, and Pat Stratton all coming by throughout the day to help out and talk to attendees! The main topic...

Repainting our Historic Building Almost Complete

The repainting of our 118-year-old Depot, a San Leandro historic building, is almost complete! The contractor, Mark Miller Painting, expects that they\’ll be all finished up by Friday, just in time for our June Meeting.  This meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 3rd, at 7:30 PM.  We\’ve been working to raise the money for this repainting project for several years, so now that the...

Construction is Complete on our SP Depot

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,...

Construction to Begin on Depot Repairs

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...

Dine at Famous Dave’s March 28th to Benefit the SLHRS!

We’re excited to announce our first Dining 4 Dollars Event to benefit the San Leandro Historical Railway Society!  On March 28th, from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm, if you bring this flyer in to the Famous Dave’s BBQ restaurant at Southland Mall in Hayward, they will donate 20% of your bill (excluding tax, tip, & alcohol) to the Society!  Famous Dave’s has great BBQ and is a terrific...