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Kids Club Report

by Mike Hays


What is the Kid's Club ?

Established in 2001, the Kid's Club, developed and sponsored by members of the San Diego 3-Railers, is a program designed to promote the fun, excitement and educational values of model railroading to children and young adults. With an initial participation of seventeen families, it has now grown to over one hundred sixty.

It meets for a two-hour session on the last Saturday morning of the month in the upstairs library of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. Enrollment forms can be found in the Toy Train Gallery. Confirmation of enrollment is necessary before youngsters can participate in Club sessions.

In educational sessions, the children (and adults) are taught the care and maintenance of model railroading equipment, and how to construct a layout. Later, they are allowed to run their own trains (or those provided by the Club) on one of the four main lines.

There is no cost to participate in the program, as children six years of age and older are encouraged to experience the hobby of model railroading.

The goals are to have fun, learn about the history of "real" and "model" railroading, how to create, build and maintain a layout, as well as the interaction, participation and working well with others.

It is a program that is "right on track", and a rewarding experience     ....  for all !!


26 May 2018

Hi all,

Saturday, 26 May 2018:  Members of the SD3R Kids Club were running trains on the layout today.

The doors opened at 11 AM. There were a lot of visitors. We were running Conventional, TMCC, and DCS.

Mike Hays

 

Previous Kids Club Reports 2018:
January 15   27   February 19   March 31   April 28  


Previous Kids Club Reports 2017:
January 28   February 25   April 29   May 27   June 24   July 29   September 04   30   October 28   November 24  


Previous Kids Club Reports 2016:
January 30   May 30   June 25   July 30   August 27   September 05   24   October 29  



Amtrak Surfliner (MTH) - first time running ↓



Cab Forward (MTH Proto 1) running again ↓



CP FT unit (Lionel w/Railsounds) working hard ↓



Some of the trains running (having fun) ↓