Alameda County Central Railroad Society

07/21/2026

We were excited to host some out-of-town visitors on our HO layout during the Alameda County Fair! Thomas and Toby all the way from the Island of Sodor and LS2004, the famous locomotive from “Grand Theft Auto V”, visiting from Los Santos!

07/09/2026

Only four days left of this year’s Alameda County Fair! Don’t forget to stop by our layouts during your fair visit!

07/04/2026

Alameda County Fair 2026! 06/24/26.

06/20/2026

Alameda County Fair Day 2 and we are live streaming on YouTube on our 2-rail O Scale layout this time!

Live stream of our 2-rail O Scale layout during the 2026 Alameda Co...

06/19/2026

We are live on YouTube for our first day of the 2026 Alameda County Fair! Broadcasting on our HO layout to start.

Live stream of our HO scale layout on the first day of the 2026 Ala...

06/16/2026

ACCRS is now on YouTube!
Subscribe to our channel for new video updates and check out our live video streams during our public open houses, including the upcoming Alameda County Fair June 19th-July 12th! Live streams will be on both the YouTube channel and here on Facebook (likely not at the same time though).

Official YouTube channel for the Alameda County Central Railroad Society. We are a model railroad club located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California and feature both an HO and 2-rail O/On3 Scale layout compatible with both standard DC and DCC-equipped trains. Upcoming/Current P...

06/14/2026

Many visitors during our open houses, especially during fair season, always ask us if the trains ever get into wrecks (or if we can make a wreck happen for them).
Can we intentionally make a wreck happen, unfortunately no as our members’ equipment can be very expensive. That said, do wrecks happen by accident from time to time? Like on a real railroad, yes.
And as these photos suggest, like in the real world, accidents can and have been everything from a locomotive derailing on a switch to a multi-car pileup. And by the way, none of these accidents were staged.

06/08/2026

Our biggest open house of the year, the 2026 Alameda County Fair, is less than two weeks away, June 19th-July 12th! So stop by during your fair visit and see all of our best HO and O Scale model trains in action and don’t forget to tag us in your social media posts (Alameda County Central Railroad Society here on Facebook and on Instagram)!
We are open every day of the fair and are a free exhibit with fair admission, but donations are always appreciated to help keep our layouts running!

05/12/2026

East Broad Top Doodlebug No. M-1 is a unique new addition to our O Scale Narrow Gauge (On3) layout! Look for it running during our next public event, the annual Alameda County Fair June 19th-July 12th!
M-1 is a 1927 gas-electric car built by EBT under license from Brill and is based on Brill’s Model 250 railcars. The car features a Brill engine, air tanks, and trucks with the electrical systems and four 75 horsepower traction motors coming from Westinghouse.
Today, the East Broad Top Railroad is a national historic landmark and the last surviving three-foot narrow gauge railroad east of the Rockies. It was built in 1872 to serve local coal and iron industries and M-1 was used to shuttle passengers and mail on days the mines were closed.
Full history of the M-1 can be found at https://oldeastie.com/Loco/m1.html .