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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 Railroad. Supervisor Solis presented the award to me and accompanying volunteers on June 3 at the County Supervisor’s Office in…

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 enthusiastic comments from happy guests, some who are known friends and others who were first-time visitors. (“I’ve been coming to…

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 railroad clubs during the year. During this fair however, we had some special visitors who travelled all the way from…

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/

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 favorite hidden gems: Bigfoot, King Kong, the Back To The Future Delorean and even the Ghostbuster’s Ecto 1. Other special…

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, 5/7 in the Daily Bulletin, Sun, Press-Enterprise and Redlands Daily Facts, and possibly in the San Gabriel Valley papers. And…

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 and friends. A Saturday evening BBQ was just the ticket! Thanks to Chef Leon for the burgers and dogs! Back…

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 we expect more for our Centennial celebration this year. It take a combined effort to make sure the trains are…

I am please to announce that an article that I wrote has been published in the latest issue of Garden Railroading News, an online magazine which the the primary information source for the G scale hobby. There is also an accompanying piece of the history of the Garden Railroad at…

After 6 months of hard work, the Pomona station is back on the layout. This metal building was originally built in the 1950s and has gone through several repaintings. This time, however, the building was completely disassembled and stripped of all paint. The building was primed and reassembled then painted.…

I am happy to announce that our layout is featured as the cover story in the latest issue of GR News- the Garden Railroad magazine in the UK! As the magazine is a hard copy, the content is not available online but is a copy of the magazine is available…

Happy Easter! Visitors often ask us if the weather affects the Garden Railroad. Our answer is that rain wind and even sun are not much of a problem but we better mention hail in the future! A recent March storm brought a hail session that wreaked a bit of havoc.…