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Blowdown!
By Charlie & Todd Giordano
 
Tim B. giving a smile
By Heather Ambler
 
First Steaming
By Phillip Cohen
 

Welcome to the
Southern California Live
Steamers Miniature Railroad

Southern California Live Steamers Miniature Railroad
Random Railroad Quotes, Quips, Trivia, Laws:
Q. Why do railroads call those signs that protect vehicle traffic at grade crossings "cross bucks"?

A. Because if they didn't have 'em someone would be spending lotsa bucks on crosses.
  Anon  -    

"Ride the Wilson Park Trains"

Griffith Park Red Car
By Rudy Guajardo
 
Engineering the Jillie Belle
By Charlie & Todd Giordano
 
Narrow Gauge 1 1/2
By Phillip Cohen
 

   
Next Public Ride Day :

Free train rides

Public Run Day 1st Sunday of each month
11:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M.

AND

Public Run Day 3rd Saturday of each month
12:00 P.M to 3:00 P.M.

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Next Regular Run Day

Saturday March 20th 
from 12 P.M. to 3 P.M.

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Wilson Park
South East Corner of the park

S.C.L.S., Inc.
P.O. Box 3969

Torrance, CA 90510

Click
HERE for driving directions

   

   
Next Club Meeting:

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 - 10:30 A.M.

General Club Business Meeting at the SCLS club house.

 
   

   

Special Announcements :

 

We Won! We Won! We Won!

The Southern California Live Steamers
web site has won the
Discover Live Steam / Bitter Creek Western Railroad
2009 Web Excellence Award

DLS/BCWRR Web Excellence Award 2009

 

Thank you all for your support and contributions to the web site. We could not have done it without all of your photos, articles and help in keeping the site updated. 

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** Total Passengers carried:  321,897 **

**Total passengers for 2010:   7,345**

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Tabitha Gordon (5) from Morro Bay, CA was our 300,000th rider on Saturday August 15th.

Tabitha Gordon Rider 300,000

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Other Passenger Records:

*40,360 Passengers in 2009

5008 Passengers in the month of July 2009

2601 Passengers on Sunday October 4th 2009

1256 Passengers on Saturday May 16th 2009 

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It's Story Time at Southern California Live Steamers!

( T.B.A.)      

If you are ready to clap your hands, join Jon and Carrie at the Wilson Park Station clock for Story Tunes, story time.

"Carrie's creative storytelling focuses on simple stories and lessons, while Jonathan's musical accompaniment makes all that learning fun! What a wonderful and unique combination!"

Story Time at SCLS
View the Pictures
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Story Time at SCLS
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SCLS Visits the
Orange County Model Engineers
Spring
Meet 2009

Click HERE for Story and Video

SCLS Visits the
Riverside Live Steamers Fall Meet 2008
Click HERE for Story and Video

   
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New Video - SCLS on Torrance Tales!
Watch The Video below.
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Aerial View of Southern California Live Steamers

   

Latest 5 Live Steam Railroading Articles

Early Years 8 - Early Member Oliver M. Johnston Jr.
Uploaded 2/22/2010 11:26:11 AM
by Harlan Hiney

SCLS's Trip to Joshua tree
Uploaded 2/17/2010 8:09:49 PM
by Charlie Giordano

Webmaster Biography
Uploaded 1/2/2010 3:03:09 AM
by Phil Cohen

“You still play with trains?!”
Uploaded 12/4/2009 8:50:57 PM
by Charlie Giordano

Riverside Live Steamers Fall Meet 2009
Uploaded 10/26/2009 8:54:20 PM
by Charlie Giordano

View all Live Steam Railroading Articles

   


   
View the SCLS promotional video
Courtesy of Story Tunes
   

   

Help Help Help
Adopt-A-Car

Help SCLS upgrade our passenger cars.
Click HERE for details!

Roll Models our Preferred Car Supplier

Roll Models an SCLS preferred supplier
   

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SCLS President's Message
Updated 12/31/2009 1:17:19 PM
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