Category: News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Tuesday evening and a lot of work on the O scale.

    On Tuesday we had several trains running, with both diesel and steam being featured.  An interesting comparison of two different manufacturers versions of the Union Pacific heritage units went on for a while at the setup yard. Pink trees…actually model cherry trees are in the process of being added into the San Leandro area of…

  • Booth at the Girl Scout’s 100 celebration at the Alameda County Fairgrounds

    Today we had two booths at the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary celebration, which was held at the Alameda Country Fairgrounds. We had one booth for the depot, with a small O scale display running trains and a cable car project; in the second booth we had the Operation Lifesaver booth to promote railroad safety. The…

  • Booth at the Girl Scout\’s 100 celebration at the Alameda County Fairgrounds

    Today we had two booths at the Girl Scouts 100th anniversary celebration, which was held at the Alameda Country Fairgrounds. We had one booth for the depot, with a small O scale display running trains and a cable car project; in the second booth we had the Operation Lifesaver booth to promote railroad safety. The…

  • Big Read Event

    Come and join us at the depot for the Big Read event in conjunction with the San Leandro Library. The reading will start at 11am am on Saturday and trains will be running until 2pm.

  • Scenery and Trains

    Today was a very productive day at SLHRS. On the HO display a secratary and desk was added to the Del Monte building in San Leandro. Lights were added to a building in Oleum. Several memebers were running trains, including a very nice model of the Southern Pacific Daylight, a small passenger consist from the…

  • Successful operations session on the Souther Pacific Overland route.

    Tuesday evening was the scene of a successful operating session (running the display like a real railroad)…after the quick track cleaning. Quite a few trains were running, with no major problems…all in all a successful operation. Check back next month for the next operating session.

  • 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…