The San Diego S-Gaugers is a tax exempt 501(C)(3) association of model railroaders founded January 19, 2008, in San Diego, California, dedicated to a three-part mission: 1. Promotion of S-Gauge model railroading 2. Education about S-Gauge model railroading, about model railroading in general, and about railroading in general. 3. Having fun in the process To contact the club, email sdsgaugers@yahoo.com. Contributions and bequests of S-Gauge model railroad equipment would be greatly appreciated. Email the club for details. Got trains?
New members welcome. Come join the club. Under Construction and Destruction We
recently removed the back walls of the clubhouse so we can make the layout longer. We got the demolition
done on Wednesday and cleaned up on Thursday so we could be open as usual on Saturday. In the
meantime, the three window layouts operated as usual, protected
from the dust by plastic draping. Now we're working on the new modules that will expand the layout. Come visit us in La Mesa's Grossmont Center.
We're open from noon to 6:00 PM on Saturdays and Tuesdays.   Our othe current project: The Timesaver Module  It comprises two identical mini-switching yards connected by a short track that holds only one car. Each yard has five spurs each long enough for two or three freight cars and a run-around with space for one car on one side and two on the other. Each yard has a switch engine and five freight cars scattered around in the yard. The objective is to move the cars around into some specified final position. The person who does it in the shortest time wins. Alternatively, it can be played as a cooperative two-player game where the final position for some cars is in the other yard. The Lego Batman Window Layout provided by the L-Scale Museum.  We recently created a new sign with flashing crossing lights to greet our visitors.   As you enter, you are greeted by the trestle bridge and military aircraft museum on the front of our big modular layout.
Click the picture below for a view of each of the modules in the layout.
 Click below to take a video tour of the layout from the Engineer's seat.
Click the bottom right corner of the video to view it full screen.
To your right is one of our two window layouts, Liberty Loop, named after our previous home in San Diego's Liberty Station shopping center.
 Click below for a video tour of Liberty Loop: If you happen to come by when we're not open, push the button outside the window and the trains on both window layouts will run for about a minute.
 Member Projects
Dale has embarked on a project to create freight cars that are more
interesting and realistic than those manufactured by Gilbert and other
manufacturers,
and many of the buildings on the layouts were built by club members. Click the picture for a web page dedicated to member projects like this. 
Meetings and Other Events
The club has monthly meetings, at 10:00AM to noon, either on a Tuesday or a Saturday (see calendar of events below).
At the January meeting each year, we hold the election of officers and collection of annual dues.  At the club's June 2016 meeting, Wes Noel demonstrated the proper application of Bullfrog Snot to increase the traction of an engine's drive wheels, and hence to increase the number of cars it will pull. Click the picture to see the video of this clinic; more clinics will be added as we shoot videos of them.
 2017 Calendar of Events
June 20 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center July 18 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center July 30 - August 6 9:00AM - 5:00PM NMRA Convention, Orlando, FL August 8-12 9:00AM - 5:00PM NASG Convention, Baltimore, MD August 19 noon - 6:00PM Summer Open House at Grossmont Center August 22 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center September 19 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center September 21-25 9:00AM - 5:00PM NMRA PSR Convention, Culver City October 17 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center November 4 noon - 6:00PM Fall Open House at Grossmont Center November 21 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center December 19 10:00AM - noon Monthly Meeting at Grossmont Center 2018 Calendar of Events
January 16 10:00AM - noon Annual Meeting at Grossmont Center How to Find Us
You can see it from the freeway. Take the Grossmont Center exit and turn left (north). Enter through the portico next to the Reading Cinemas, between Jamba Juice and Panda Express.   Visit Count for this page
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