Author: Rick Bremer

  • A Special Visit

    Two of our members, Steve and Paula H are members of the Greater Los Angeles Airstream Club and travel to many places with their trailers. On December 8, Steve arranged […]

  • Some Heartfelt Donations

    We recently received very special donations from two of our volunteers. Steve and Marian Dodge donated their USA Trains FEF-3 steam engine with 12 Arristo-Craft Union Pacific Passenger cars. Steve […]

  • En Memoria 2024

    This year, our volunteer crew was invited to participate in Fairplex’s version of the Dia de los Muertos celebration. On Nnovember 2 we were happy to answer the request by […]

  • We’ve been busy!

     Since the 2024 LA County Fair, we have been hard at work keeping the Garden Railroad maintained, improved and ready for the next fair in 2025! Here are a few […]

  • Special Recognition

    In June, the office of County Supervisor Hilda Solis reached out to us inviting volunteers to County Offices to receive a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Fairplex Garden […]

  • The 2024 LA County Fair is in the books!

    WOW! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of our over 35,000 visitors who stopped by to see our 100th Anniversary exhibit! We received a stream of positive, and […]

  • Welcome fellow Garden Railroaders!

    During every fair our volunteers are happy to welcome tens of thousands of visitors to our layout to answer questions and share our exhibit. We even host visits by model […]

  • A Social Media Treat

    Thanks to the Media crew! Thanks to the Fairplex Social Media and COmmunications department, another clip of our centennial has been posted. You can check it out at https://www.instagram.com/p/C6EzNm2Pe2S/

  • Welcome to the fair!

    Our 100th LA County Fair got off to a great start! Thousands of people visited the Garden Railroad each day and saw a volcano erupting, dinosaurs chasing, and our old […]

  • In the news again!

    Before the 2024 LA County Fair, local reporter David Allen interviewed me and a photographer took many photos. The resulting story went online today and appears in print on Wednesday, […]

  • All work and some play!

    As we are all working very hard to get ready for our 2024 fair, we thought it would be a good time to relax a bit with some good food […]

  • Getting ready for the Fair

    It’s the time of the year where we get ready for our ‘big show’- the annual Los Angeles County Fair! Over 60,000 visitors came through our layout in 2023 and […]