Tuesday was a pretty laid back day down at the depot. Early in the day some work was done on the G&O display, but the HO display had several members running trains in the evening. Overall it went pretty well, although a couple members had issues with cars derailing. My problems were caused mostly from…
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Lazy Saturday
Saturday was a fairly lazy day down at the depot with only a couple of members present. The HO scale display saw trees planted in the Oleum area, and the trial run of a members mixed freight train. The G&O had a couple of members running their trains, with video of them to be uploaded…
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…
The Ops Session That Didn’t Happen
An ops session was scheduled for tonight but unfortunately it was not to be. After figuring out all of the problems with the various locomotives it was too late to actually run. Instead the members just ran their trains as they preferred. We will give it another try next month.
Tuesday August 30th.
The ops session got off to a slow start due to some problems with member’s locomotives.
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…
We now have a YouTube channel!!!
Announcing the YouTube channel: SLHRS Follow us and watch for upcoming videos to be featured.