Hi: Drove up from Laguna Hills to see Richie Leff and Dan Wexler's layouts. Both awe inspiring. Thanks for the hospitality. Les Brody Hi: Drove up from...
Folks,  I'm relatively new to this Yahoo Group; seems like a great group.  My first thanks go out to Bob for organizing the SFV / Ventura County tour. ...
Many many thanks to the hosts and their operating crews for their gracious hospitality and superb modeling. Bob Chaparro, my hats off to you for taking time...
The Los Angeles Division/PSR will host a train show at the South Coast Botanic Garden from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday. The location is 26300...
Thomas the Tank Engine returns for five days this month at the Orange Empire Railway Museum, 2201 S. "A" Street Perris. The dates are November 7,8,11 and...
And may I also add that it's the Southern California Garden Railway Society (SoCalGRS) that will be displaying their G-Gauge trains out in the Cactus Garden at...
The PCR Daylight Division Fall Meet will be held at the home of Gary Siegel in Santa Barbara this Saturday, November 7, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. There is more...
Here is a link to an article on ballasting track by Peter Vanvliet. There are sixteen very good photos in the article which makes it quite easy to see what he...
Here is a link to David K. Smith's site with "how to" instructions for building a layout. The emphasis is on Z scale but most of what is there can be applied...
The Pasadena Model Railroad Club will be conducting it's Fall 2009 open house this weekend Nov. 7th & 8th, Tue. evening Nov. 10th, and the following weekend...
The San Diego Society of N-Scale <http://www.sdsons.org/> will host a two-day open operating session at it's Pacific Desert Lines layout in the San Diego Model...
Here is some informational on the San Diego Division Fall Meet at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum on Saturday, November 14th, from Ben Sevier. Bob Chaparro...
Day out with Thomas started today and will continue the 11th, 14th and 15th of November at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. I was there today...
The Hemet-San Jacinto Railroad Club has openings for new members. The club operates modular railroads in both HO and N scales, however, modelers in any scale...
How about a hobo camp or hobo jungle (anyone know the difference?) for your railroad? Here are links to some examples to inspire this small piece of human...
The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society will hold a mini-meet on February 5-6, 2010, at the San Bernardino Amtrak/Santa Fe Depot, from 7:00 am to...
The Great Train Expo ( http://www.trainexpoinc.com/ ) will be in our area three times between now and early January. The first show is December 5-6 at the...
The California Southern Model Railroad Club welcomes you to join us for our Fall Open House  Saturday, November 14 - 10AM to 8PM Sunday, November 15 - Noon...
group i live in Orange, California, and I have a question? a few years ago i was driving at the intersection of Harbor blvd, and McArthur bld in Santa Ana, and...
Hi George, The Orange County Model Engineers group operates a "ride-on" train at Fairview Park on Placentia (not Harbor Blvd.) in Costa Mesa. You can come out...
I have two railroad bridges that cross channels. What color and location of navigation warning lights are used on the bridges? One bridge is a truss bridge...
Being an old "Coastie". When coming back into port we had the saying "Red, Right, Returning". Hope that helps. Ernie Foster Corona, CA. ... From: michael...
I have not yet put my layout together. In the last few years I've bought locomotives and cars from Micro Trains and some are several years old. I haven't...
No, it was moved to Kansas several years ago. The car was the ex-Santa Fe heavyweight business car 30. It had a notch cut in the roof at the rear for a camera...
