The club is making significant strides in developing both our layout and facility in anticipation of hosting guests for our June Railroad N-Scale Meet and the upcoming NMRA August convention in Long Beach! Stay tuned for a detailed announcement regarding the June 22 Railroad N Scale Meet. With a very busy and exciting summer ahead,…
Author: Gabriel Duthoy
April 2024
Carbondale Loop Is Up & Running! The Carbondale loop has been successfully completed! All electric wiring, track, and turnout controls are now in place, extending the reach of trains within our Belmont Shore Railroad layout. While some scenic work remains to be done, this milestone marks a significant achievement, and we’re proud of our members…
March 2024
Free Railroading Clinics! Over the past 6 weeks the Belmont Shore Railroad Club members have been volunteering down at the Lomita Calvary Chapel on Wednesdays to give free, hands-on clinics, all about model railroading and scenery building. We feel very honored to have a group of near 30 kids who spend their Wednesday evening eager…
February 2024
Carbondale Loop Update We are one month into the new year and loads of fantastic progress has been made on the new Carbondale loop! The passing side track has been laid and sanded along with a hinge door for crossing into the loop. It is very exciting to see the project grow from just an…
January 2024
The Belmont Shore Railroad Year In Review This year started out with a bang! With the new club president we began reaching out to local and city wide advertising stories of our club including the Los Angeles Times, random length magazine visit, San Pedro magazine, San Pedro today magazine, television channel 5, promoting our club,…
December 2023
The holidays are here and what better way to celebrate time off by bringing down the family to visit our layout and N-Trak Modules at the Belmont Shore Railroad. The club members are also celebrating our love for trains,our enjoyment of the club, and each other’s company – with our annual Christmas dinner. Can’t wait…
November 2023
Now that are trick or treating season is over we are still here kicking at the railroad club. Progress has continued on the harbor portion of the layout. We will do a big update soon! The club also has an upcoming field trip to the HO club in harbor city. Fun news, we recently had…
October 2023
Lomita Railroad Museum Family Day The Lomita Railroad Museum had a wonderful turnout for their family day event and our club was happy to be a part of it! The lot was stirring with model railroads, food, entertainment, flea market goods, crafts, and of course families. The local N module club ‘Group 160’ with our…
September 2023
Things continue to keep rolling along here at the Belmont Shore Railroad Club. Work has persisted on the harbor with some progress in wiring of the turnouts. Over the month of August we hosted a successful meet and greet with the Scale Trains club and we are thankful to have had the experience with them….