The theme of the LA County Fair this year is Art Unleashed. Our Garden Railroad could not be a better fit for this idea. As you walk through our exhibit […]

Every year during the fair, we get many visitors asking us “what happened to the highway cars? Over the years the grooves that the original cars ran in became unusable […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]