La Mesa Model Railroad Club - LMMRRC, Inc.

04/22/2024

Member Vic Yoder has captured countless hours of trains operating at La Mesa. Check out his unit "Tank Train" or what was commonly referred to as the Oil Cans.

Southern Pacific’s unit oil trains operated every day except for Christmas between S**o north of Bakersfield to Dolores in the city of Carson for processing ...

04/22/2024

Like two ships that pass in the night

04/16/2024

The eclipse, as imagined by the Friant water tank.

04/10/2024

First car to Oil City on the Kern River Bridge!

03/30/2024

A couple of views of the Tehachapi Depot

03/25/2024

Athearn's first time release of the P40DC or AMD103 in Phase III makes a debut at the La Mesa Model Railroad Club. Disclaimer: I am not a professional videog...

03/23/2024

Once in a while you might catch an Amtrak move whether its for staging equipment or a revenue detour. Come check us out as we are open until 4pm today.

Both engines are newly released Athearn Genesis AMD103s (P40DC) which feature strobes above the cab as applied when received new from General Electric.

03/23/2024

The La Mesa Club and San Diego Model Railroad Museum enjoyed a visit from Fox 5's 'The Localist SD'.

Watch the video here!

Ashley takes you inside The San Diego Model Railroad Museum. It is the largest model railroad in North America… explore 27,000 square feet of trestles, tracks, and trains.

03/20/2024

This string of Santa Fe Geeps drags an eastbound manifest up through Cliff.

02/27/2024

Our newest Southern Pacific F7s look pretty sharp don't they? This quartet makes a great addition to our Southern Pacific 1950s era fleet. This is their maiden voyage as we took them for a couple of round trips. Our skilled members installed Tsunami2 decoders by SoundTraxx followed by the right amount of weathering to bring them to life.

02/26/2024

Once upon a time.

Southern Pacific’s unit oil trains operated every day except for Christmas between S**o north of Bakersfield to Dolores in the city of Carson for processing ...

02/18/2024

These Athearn Genesis units are a welcomed addition to our growing fleet of 1950s era diesels. We are evaluating our roster replacing outdated decoders for Tsunami2 decoders by SoundTraxx, trading incandescent bulbs for LEDs along with other refurbishments. The Santa Fe 210 set made their maiden journey February 2 during the Timetable Trainorder Operating session.

02/08/2024

Edison panels under way.

01/31/2024

Mojave, 1935, from the Espee io group, Bob Chaparro

01/18/2024

At the La Mesa Model Railroad Club, visitors will view a variety of trains of present and bygone eras. Our membership is versatile in the type of motive power and rolling stock they display and operate. Their locomotives and cars come from present and past model manufacturers, and in some cases their models may be scratch built or modified to meet a specific era or cosmetic appearance. This 1964 era Santa Fe manifest is lead by Athearn Genesis motive power with Tsunami2 decoders by SoundTraxx and may include rolling stock from the following:

Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
Athearn
Rapido Trains Inc.
ScaleTrains
Tangent Scale Models
Moloco
BLMA Models
Kadee Quality Products Co.
Red Caboose
InterMountain Railway Company
AHM
Spring Mills Depot
Branchline
Bachman
LifeLike Proto2000
Accurail
Walthers Trains
Jaeger
Owlmtmodels
Details West
Cannon and Company
ESU LLC - LokSound
Highliners
TCS Train Control Systems
and many more.

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11/16/2023

Here are a couple of photos of the Tehachapi depot posted recently by Bob Chaparro. Circa 1916.
-Jay Styron

11/13/2023

SDMRM's annual Ales & Rails fundraiser is coming soon!

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07/08/2023

06/18/2023

From the espee io group. Look familiar?

06/12/2023

Saw the following on an NMRA group posted by Bob Wundrock. Items from 50 years ago, Nebo Hall era.
-Jay

03/21/2023

When Bonsall Scale Carshops announced their 3D printed resin GN gon kit, I couldn’t resist. Although an SP modeler, I have a weakness for Great Northern rolling stock, and have probably too much on my layout.
Anyway, I ordered the car and it arrived promptly. I was impressed by the level of detail. There are two versions, one for those who want to do their own detailing, which I ordered, and one where most all details are cast on. This car looks very good, too.
Since the car body is one piece and basically complete, all that’s left is the details: grabs, brakes etc. I started in, and here were the challenges: The material is hard, and rather brittle. I managed to create a couple of cracks just handling it to drill for grabs, etc. These were fixed with thin ACC. The sides are very thin, which is good news/bad news. Drilling for grabs means there is very little material to drill into and support the part. I drilled through, and added thin ACC on the outside, snipped off the extra wire inside. The car is very light, there being no place to add weight beyond the supplied center sill weight. The finished car weighs just a little over two ounces.
So I got it built, painted and lettered and here are some photos of the result. This technology is interesting, and means that we may see models of things that will never be produced by the major model manufacturers. I am hopeful that the material technology will progress to where it is more forgiving of normal handling. If you build one of these, handle with care. All in all, it is an interesting addition to my freight car fleet.

03/12/2023

I captured this short manifest of cars similar to what was a common sight in the early to mid-1960s over Tehachapi. These trains could be identified as the ...

01/10/2023

11/29/2022

Swing helper set passes the Caliente depot on the Santa Fe BTX as it heads for the Lone Star State.