San Leandro Historical Railway Society

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  • San Leandro Historical Railway Receives 2013 Best of San Leandro Award

    San Leandro Award Program Honors the Achievement SAN LEANDRO September 13, 2013 — San Leandro Historical Railway has been selected for the 2013 Best of San Leandro Award in the Historical Societies category by the San Leandro Award Program. Each year, the San Leandro Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing…

  • Installation of the G&O Awning

    Since 2008 when the G&O Garden Railroad project was first started at the San Leandro Depot, the plans have included an awning over the layout to protect from excessive sun while operating the layout.  Finally this year, we\’ve installed it!  Check out our installation crew of current SLHRS president Dominic Fawver, Jeff Zolfarelli, and George…

  • Member video of the G&O Railroad, featuring the theme song written by Glenn

  • Progress on Sparks

    We\’re making progress on Sparks!  Society member Mark Johnson shared these photos of the track work being done during October!

  • 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….

  • 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…

  • President’s Report, August 2012 General Meeting

    The budget should be complete by the next meeting. Thanks George for taking care of the graffiti on the porch. The old track has been removed from Sparks and the surface has been prepared for the new track. Work on the roundhouse is going well. The December show was announced for the first weekend in…

  • President\’s Report, August 2012 General Meeting

    The budget should be complete by the next meeting. Thanks George for taking care of the graffiti on the porch. The old track has been removed from Sparks and the surface has been prepared for the new track. Work on the roundhouse is going well. The December show was announced for the first weekend in…

  • 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…