Today I helped out in the San Leandro Historical Railway Society booth at the Girl Scout’s 100th anniversary celebration at the Alameda Country Fairgrounds. We also had a booth for Operation Lifesaver. Girl Scouts you ask? We often forget that girls can also have an interest in trains (though not quite as much as boys for sure). There was a fairly steady stream of...
Lately I have been busy adding scenery to the area of the San Leandro Historic Railway Society’s layout representing Antelope. This area has been really plain for quite some time, and after seeing prototype pictures I decided to take care of it. I am a firm believer of using layers of scenic items to get the most natural effect. Here I started with clumps...
Last weekend was the annual Summer Open House at the San Leandro Historical Railway Society. Here are a couple of pictures that I took with my phone during the event. This first picture is of one of our members at our completely full setup yard. This next picture shows a banner that a couple of visitors brought in. I am not exactly sure where...
Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th I will be running trains at the annual summer open house at the San Leandro Historical Railway Society. We will be running trains in a variety of scales, HO on the main layout, G and O scales on the G&O garden railroad. Also we will be selling cookies and have a yard sale. All proceeds raised go...
