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Video: Riverside (CA) Live Steamers

Video link courtesy of Scott Horgan:

This is one of the best videos I've seen of a live steam operation. I'm guessing a drone was used to pace the trains.

Riverside Live Steamers Website:

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

This Week’s Model Railroad/Railroad Events

Below are the upcoming model railroad/railroad events that I am aware of for this week. If details for an event previously were posted on Groups.io/Model Railroads of Southern California, I also included a link to that message. Or if a link to the sponsoring organization was available, it is displayed.

Otherwise, try Googling the name of the sponsoring organization for details…and ask them to send announcements to Model Railroads of Southern California.

Southern California clubs, museums, historical and model railroad organizations are welcome to post a message on their upcoming public events. Or they can send me a message with details.

Also, if you are hosting an open house or operating session open to visitors or a round-robin session open to visitors, please send me a message with the details.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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Now Through January 9 - All-Aboard, America! Trains at The Nixon Library, Yorba Linda

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Now Through January 26 - Muzeo Express Holiday Model Train Dioramas, Anaheim

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January 6 - Glendale Model Railroad Society Open House, Glendale

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January 11 - San Diego Div. Layout Tour, San Diego

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The current order board is posted on our Facebook group and Groups.io files area.
Here is added info on the Desert Rails Spring Meet - March 27, 28 & 29 2020, hotel and center addresses.

La Quinta Wellness Center
78450 Avenida La Fonda
La Quinta, Ca 92253

Homewood Suites
45200 Washington Avenue
La Quinta, Ca 92253

Cajon Board

Bob Grech's Western Pacific Is No Longer

A report from Marty Bradley...

"End of the line for Bob Grech's Western Pacific in Fountain Valley. The railroad was dismantled in December 2019.

Bob Grech, a great friend to the Oakhurst Railroad, has dismantled his layout as he is moving to Texas. He is salvaging many structures that he installed on bases. He will be building a new layout in a slightly smaller room in Texas."

This railroad, located in Fountain Valley,?was one of the best in Southern California and appeared on our Layout Tours 23,31, 32, 39, 44, 56 and 57.

Some photos:

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If you managed NOT to see this layout when it was available I again remind you to get out and see layouts while they are still available to see.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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Current Order Board as of Jan-1-2020

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This Week’s Model Railroad/Railroad Events

Below are the upcoming model railroad/railroad events that I am aware of for this week. If details for an event previously were posted on Groups.io/Model Railroads of Southern California, I also included a link to that message. Or if a link to the sponsoring organization was available, it is displayed.

Otherwise, try Googling the name of the sponsoring organization for details…and ask them to send announcements to Model Railroads of Southern California.

Southern California clubs, museums, historical and model railroad organizations are welcome to post a message on their upcoming public events. Or they can send me a message with details.

Also, if you are hosting an open house or operating session open to visitors or a round-robin session open to visitors, please send me a message with the details.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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Now Through January 9 - All-Aboard, America! Trains at The Nixon Library, Yorba Linda

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif/topic/all_aboard_america_trains/68003135?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,68003135

Now Through January 26 - Muzeo Express Holiday Model Train Dioramas, Anaheim

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This Week’s Model Railroad/Railroad Events

Below are the upcoming model railroad/railroad events that I am aware of for this week. If details for an event previously were posted on Groups.io/Model Railroads of Southern California, I also included a link to that message. Or if a link to the sponsoring organization was available, it is displayed.

Otherwise, try Googling the name of the sponsoring organization for details…and ask them to send announcements to Model Railroads of Southern California.

Southern Californiaclubs, museums, historical and model railroad organizations are welcome to post a message on their upcoming public events. Or they can send me a message with details.

Also, if you are hosting an open house or operating session open to visitors or a round-robin session open to visitors, please send me a message with the details.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

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December 25 & 28 - Christmas Tree Lane Model R.R. Society Open House, Altadena

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Now Through January 9 - All-Aboard, America! Trains at The Nixon Library, Yorba Linda

_/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif/topic/all_aboard_america_trains/68003135?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,68003135_

Now Through January 26 - Muzeo Express Holiday Model Train Dioramas, Anaheim

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Video: Vic Thies' TooMuchFun Railroad

This is a link to Vic's garden railroad in Mission Viejo. We had this railroad on Layout Tour #57 in September 2018.

This video has some really good production values, special effects and night running.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

This Week’s Model Railroad/Railroad Events

Below are the upcoming model railroad/railroad events that I am aware of for this week. If details for an event previously were posted on Groups.io/Model Railroads of Southern California, I also included a link to that message. Or if a link to the sponsoring organization was available, it is displayed.

Otherwise, try Googling the name of the sponsoring organization for details…and ask them to send announcements to Model Railroads of Southern California.

Southern California clubs, museums, historical and model railroad organizations are welcome to post a message on their upcoming public events. Or they can send me a message with details.

Also, if you are hosting an open house or operating session open to visitors or a round-robin session open to visitors, please send me a message with the details.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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December 21, 22, 25 & 28 - Christmas Tree Lane Model R.R. Society Open House, Altadena

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Now Through January 9 - All-Aboard, America! Trains at The Nixon Library, Yorba Linda

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif/topic/all_aboard_america_trains/68003135?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,68003135

Now Through January 26 - Muzeo Express Holiday Model Train Dioramas, Anaheim

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Western Prototype Modelers Meet – San Bernardino, CA (April 25)

Courtesy of Eric Hansmann, here is an early heads-up on this event:

Note that the admission has been reduced to a bare bones $5.00.

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA

All-Aboard, America! Trains at The Nixon Library

Explore the special Christmas display, All-Aboard, America! featuring four spectacular layouts of model trains whistling over bridges, through snow-capped mountains and stopping in miniature towns and cities.

Take photographs with the beautiful Pat Nixon White House Gingerbread House — custom-baked to look like President Nixon’s birthplace!

NEW THIS YEAR: Enjoy a 20-foot tall Nixon White House Christmas tree — decked out in red, white and blue.

The showcase reflects President Nixon’s love of trains that began in his Yorba Linda childhood. In his Memoirs, he recalled,

“In the daytime, I could see the smoke from the steam engines. Sometimes at night, I was awakened by the whistle of a train and then I dreamed of the far-off places I wanted to visit someday.”



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A Traditional Muzeo Holiday Favorite
November 30, 2019 – January 26, 2020

Join Muzeo for an annual holiday event that’s fun for the entire family! A downtown Anaheim tradition, Muzeo Express brings whimsical holiday model train dioramas to life to celebrate the season thanks to the Train Collector’s Association and the Toy Train Operating Society.

In addition to fantastic holiday model trains, Muzeo Express showcases the history and heritage of trains in Southern California with historical artifacts, exclusive exhibits and much, much more! Muzeo has partnered with the Carolwood Foundation, dedicated to preserving Walt Disney’s railroad legacy, and the Southern California Railway Museum (formerly OERM), providing Ward Kimball memorabilia and other treasures. With model trains, exhibits and photo ops, this is a special holiday treat that’s not to be missed! There’s something for all ages at Muzeo Express.

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This Week’s Model Railroad/Railroad Events

Below are the upcoming model railroad/railroad events that I am aware of for this week. If details for an event previously were posted on Groups.io/Model Railroads of Southern California, I also included a link to that message. Or if a link to the sponsoring organization was available, it is displayed.

Otherwise, try Googling the name of the sponsoring organization for details…and ask them to send announcements to Model Railroads of Southern California.

Southern California clubs, museums, historical and model railroad organizations are welcome to post a message on their upcoming public events. Or they can send me a message with details.

Also, if you are hosting an open house or operating session open to visitors or a round-robin session open to visitors, please send me a message with the details.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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December 14, 15, 21, 22, 25 & 28 - Christmas Tree Lane Model R.R. Society Open House, Altadena

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December 14 & 15 - Pasadena Model Railroad (Club) Museum Open House, Los Angeles

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December 15 - TTOS Southern Pacific Division Meet, Anaheim

And some more encouraging news\Bob Chaparro

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As a cockeyed optimist, I subscribe to the view that the hobby isn’t dying, it’s changing. Anyone who witnessed the progress of UP 4014 through the western US over the past several weeks knows that the public’s love of trains has not diminished.

Clearly, there are many more avenues for entertainment today besides model railroading as others have pointed out, but that’s no reason to give up on “the world’s greatest hobby”. I’m a tinplater and have been a TTOS member since 1978. Our niche of the hobby has certainly changed over 40 years. Members have aged. The once huge Cal-Stewart meet is no more. The collectables boom of the 1980s-90s is over and the values of “collectable” toy trains have stagnated if not crashed with the exception of the truly rare pieces.

On the other hand, the current Lionel catalogs are the largest ever published. Lionel and the other toy train manufacturers are churning out products targeted at collectors, operators, and youngsters and families new to the hobby. It’s this latter group that is the key to our future as I am convinced that toy trains are still the gateway to scale model railroading for young hobbyists.

To this end, TTOS SP Division aggressively markets our club meets with the goal of attracting families and young people. It’s been a tough slog to convince some older members that the club is not just about selling trains to one another but also needs to have the mission of growing the hobby.

The effort has been paying off as we routinely attract 80-100 visitors to our monthly meets. Our membership is growing, albeit slowly, and our newer members tend to be younger. The key is to get people to our meets, show them a fun time, learn their interests, and help them get started in the hobby.

I’ll be happy to share offline the tools we use to sell our club. It’s not rocket science, it just takes effort.

Glenn Olsen

gi@... [gi AT sprintmail DOT com]

(951) 538-2705

And Now...Positive News Coverage Of Our Hobby

On the heels of that deplorable story* from just yesterday, a Milwaukee television news crew visits William K. Walthers:

This is a brief story plus four short videos of the visit.

The model railroad gods must have sensed my distress.

Bob Chaparro

Moderator

Model Railroads of Southern California

/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif

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*The "hit piece" from yesterday: