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The Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc., operators of the Mighty Highland Pacific Railroad, will be hosting their 72nd Annual Open House on the following dates:
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 7, 2020 from 12:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 7, 2020 from 7 to 10 P.M. – Night Ops!
Sunday, November 8, 2020 from 12:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Start at the Highland Pacific Railroad and take in other model railroad events during Model Railroad Month.
Heading Out on the Rails
A miniature picture of Heading Out on the Rails has won an Third Place Award for Arie Korporaal. The miniature print, mounted on an easel, won the award in the Photography category of the Miniature and Small Works Show at the Whittier Art Gallery.
Arie has won awards in the same show 4 years in a row, all images were taken on the club's layout and feature Bayshore Depot, Greely Diesel Facility, and this one, at Vista Yard.
After 5 days and more than 25 hours of showing off the Highland Pacific Railroad the 71st Annual Open House has come to a close. Did you miss it? You can catch up on a video tour of the mighty Highland Pacific that has just been released.
Ray Olesen, unofficial HPSMRE videographer, has produced another stellar look at an Open House of one of the better known layouts in the greater Los Angeles area.
See the video in the Photos/Videos section of this website.
It’s here! The 71st Annual Open House begins tomorrow at noon. The afternoon session will be followed by a session featuring night operations on the Highland Pacific Railroad. Don’t miss it.
Following tomorrow’s special operating session there will be a repeat of the afternoon session on Sunday. Sunday’s Open House begins at Noon.
If you are unable to attend this once-a-year event, you can attend next weekend on Saturday and Sunday beginning at Noon both days.
All days of Open House will include snacks and drinks for sale, and a big raffle. You do not have to be present to win.
Open House is less than a month away. Members wishing to run their trains during Open House need to bring their equipment in for a Standards Check. The last night for Standards Check is Wednesday, October 23. Bring your rolling stock to James Keena and he will do the inspection. Steve Smith, General Superintendent, says each member can bring two complete trains with locomotives for Open House.
Reminder: Equipment not approved by the Standards Department will not be allowed to run during our 71st Open House.
Creative, clever, engaging train layout. Enjoy.
Marc Thrasher’s award-worthy Overland Models brass UP 25895 caboose makes an appearance during the HPRR Timetable #10 operating session. Here the caboose sits in Vista Yard for clearance before hitting the high iron east to Highland. There it will be assigned to another freight for a trip back west.
Operating action on the large layout of the Highland Pacific Railroad.
The 2019 Spring Open House and Swap Meet is scheduled for June 1st and 2nd. A revival of an old Highland Pacific Railroad tradition, two open house weekends each year, is back with the end-of=spring Open House. We will be hosting and on-site swap meet for the first time in many years.
What: 2019 Spring Open House and Swap Meet
When: Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, June 2nd.
Time: Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm;
Sunday, Noon to 5 pm
Swap meet: Saturday, 7:30 to 10 am
Where: 854 Broadway, San Gabriel
Cost: Always free
In addition to the swap meet and layout operations there will be a special operating Lego train layout on display, big raffle, food sales, and live action video of riding the model trains over the large club layout.
The next regularly scheduled business meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
What: Quarterly Business Meeting
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8 PM
Where: Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, Inc.
854 Broadway, San Gabriel, CA 91776
This meeting could be one of the most consequential business meetings in the past several years. In addition to the usual business reports and department reports, discussions will begin on possible modifications to the east side of the layout. An increasing number of our members are aging and now rarely visit the east side of the layout because of the difficulty in navigating the duck under to Underhill/Greely. This meeting will consider several options to changing the current layout design.
Come join discussion. Remember: this is a discussion not an argument.
Memberships available. Call (626) 285-1031
