Spring Meet 2025

Memorial Day Weekend – Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26

No public train rides on Sunday, May 25.

Tom Fagan and friends at the 2024 Spring Meet.

Jim Kreider and Bob Chamberlain with their recently built Berkshire

Welcome Live Steamers and Railroad Hobbyists

Plan to join your live steam friends for four days of trains, food, fellowship and fun. This is a private event for members of LALSRM and other train clubs, as well as train modelers and railfans.

Visiting Railroaders

  • Tracks in four gauges: 7.5”, 4.75”, 3.5” and Gauge-1
  • 44 steaming bays, two hydraulic lifts & two turntables
  • Fully-automated block signal system
  • 68-foot truss bridge, trestle bridge, and three tunnels
  • Nine-track Pit Yard with new electrical service and floodlight

Event Highlights

  • Friday Night Kick-off – Spaghetti Dinner – 6 pm
  • Souvenir Table – Saturday and Sunday
  • President’s Auction – Saturday, 1:30 pm
  • Bingo – Saturday, 3:30 pm
  • Saturday BBQ Dinner 6 pm – tickets required (info to come)
  • Kountry Kitchen meals for purchase Saturday & Sunday (breakfast and lunch)

Saturday night BBQ dinner.

Camping

RV and Tent 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.

Visiting Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Steam Locomotives: Current boiler inspection tags, spark arrestors, ash pans required. Night operations: you must have FREDs and running/parking lights. Visiting steam locos can be hydro-tested as personnel is available. A self-check gauge for engines and rolling stock is available next to the hydraulic lift behind the yellow Doug House. Please bring your own propane fuel, if using.

Who to Contact

Where We Are Located

5202 Zoo Drive, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA

Stay in Touch on our Social Pages

https://www.facebook.com/LALSRM

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