October 23 to 25, Friday through Sunday
Private Event. No public train rides on Sunday, October 25.
Welcome All Live Steamers and Railroad Hobbyists!
Plan to join your live steam friends for three days of trains, food, fellowship and fun. We’ll be celebrating 70 years of live steam railroading in beautiful Griffith Park.
Visiting Railroaders
- Tracks in four gauges: 7.5”, 4.75”, 3.5”, Gauge-1
- 44 steaming bays, two hydraulic lifts & two turntables
- Fully-automated block signal system
- 68-foot truss bridge, trestle bridge, and three tunnels
- Pit Yard with lights and electricity for train parking
Event Highlights
- Friday Kick-off Spaghetti Dinner – 6 pm
- Walt Disney Barn – Saturday, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
- Souvenir Table – 10:30 am to 5:30 pm Saturday
- Kids Krafts – 10:30 am to 3 pm Saturday
- President’s Auction – Saturday, 2:00 pm
- Bingo – Saturday, 3:45 pm
- Saturday BBQ Dinner, 6 pm – tickets required
- Raffle – after dinner Saturday (save dinner ticket stub)
- Kountry Kitchen – meals for purchase Saturday & Sunday
- Breakfast 8:30 to 10 am / Lunch 12 noon to 1:30 pm
Reserve Your Tickets for Saturday BBQ Dinner
Reserve now, pay on Saturday at the Meet. Menu includes BBQ Pork Ribs, BBQ Tri-Tip, BBQ Chicken, Potato Salad, Corn on the Cob, Baked Beans, Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Caesar Salad, Cornbread, Beverage and Dessert. Vegetarian options available, too.
Camping
Tent and RV camping available at no cost, starting at 12 noon Wednesday (no hook-ups). There will be marked spaces for RV camper parking on Crystal Springs Drive and in our Members’ Parking Lot. Vehicles bringing equipment may enter gates temporarily for loading and unloading.
Tents can be pitched on the lawn around Disney Barn, on the lawn next to the Gauge-1 track, and in the West End meadow. No porta-potties this year. We have shower facilities for members and guests.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Steam Locomotives: Current boiler inspection tags, spark arrestors, ash pans required. Night operations: you must have FRED’s. Visiting steam locos can be hydro-tested as personnel is available. A self-check gauge for wheel alignment is available next to the hydraulic lift behind the yellow Doug House. Please bring your own propane fuel, if using.
Parking
No parking in the Sutchville parking lot Friday to Sunday to allow easy access to members unloading and loading equipment. There will be several marked handicapped spaces (autos or trucks only) on Crystal Springs Drive, close to the Pit. Free parking in members’ outside parking lot, by back gate.
Who To Contact
Location
Facility Address: 5202 Zoo Drive, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA
Exit Forest Lawn from the 134 Ventura Freeway, turn left onto Zoo Drive
We are just east of Travel Town, and about 2 miles west of the LA Zoo
Enter at our Members/Service Entrance.
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