Clickety Clack
On Saturday, J spent the afternoon with her book group, and K and I headed out to Tilden Park and the Redwood Valley Railway. Operating with 5-inch scale (5/12 of full size) live steam locomotives and rolling stock on 15-inch gauge tracks, the train takes you on a 12-minute trip through the rugged terrain atop the hills behind Berkeley. Tickets are only $2. Very, very cool.
(And if you’re chained to your keyboard and can’t get out to something like this in person, check out this nice YouTube video of the railway.)
Just down the hill from the Redwood Valley Railway is the Golden Gate Live Steamers club with its extensive tracks for model steam engines in 2.5-, 3.5-, 4.75-, and 7.5-inch gauges. Serious hobbyists, these. Unfortunately, they only operate on Sundays, so we’ll have to come back another weekend. Twist my arm.
Addendum: So there I am, working on this entry, when I notice that Geekdad has just posted an entry on this very topic. Looks like they were up there on Sunday — and have almost the exact same photo as my lead-in. Hilarious!
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