The 2025 Long Beach Home & Holiday Show

When: November 22, 2025 (10am to 6pm) and November 23, 2025 (10am to 5pm)

Where: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802

Layout Setup: Friday November 21, 2025 8am to 9pm

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday November 21, 2025

Where: Marie Callender’s, 307 E. Katella Ave., Orange, CA 92867

Agenda:

• This meeting might be cancelled in favor of a show setup in Long Beach

The Great Train Show

When: November 8-9, 2025 10am to 4pm

Where: Victorville Fairgrounds

Layout Setup: Friday November 7, 2025 1pm to 6pm

Members present at setup: Bob Osterhoudt, Bob Hesselgrave, Ken Szok, George Barrier, James Dinwiddie, Wil Strich, John Hanes

The layout: clockwise starting at the lift bridge, contained the following modules:

• Lift Bridge
• Dennis Country, City
• Springfield East, West
• Yard East, Corner, Center, West
• Oil Refinery
• Campground
• Sodor City, Yard, Climbers, Castle Holly
• Boy Scout Volcano, Dry Gulch, River, Mine
• One Footer 1, 2
• Jurassic Park
• Sawmill, Canyon
• Pennsylvania Coal Mine
• Park
• Kathy’s Module
• Hogwarts

The layout was a struggle. Recent track modifications and aging modules required a few repairs on Saturday morning during operation. The blue line would work and then not work intermittently. Physical damage to the oil refinery during the debug of blue line problems rendered it inoperable. The yard worked very well and was used by many club members to stage / park trains throughout the day.

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday October 17, 2025

Where: Marie Callender’s, 307 E. Katella Ave., Orange, CA 92867

Agenda:

• TBD

The Great Train Show

When: October 4-5, 2025 10am to 4pm

Where: Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, CA 92014

Layout Setup: Friday October 3, 2025 11am to 6pm (?)

Members present at setup: Bob Osterhoudt, Bob Hesselgrave, George Barrier, Holly Barrier, James Dinwiddie, Wil Strich, John Hanes

The layout: clockwise starting at the lift bridge, contained the following modules:

• Lift Bridge
• Kathy’s Module
• Dennis Country, City
• Springfield East, West
• Jurassic Park
• Yard West, Center, East
• Park
• Boy Scout Volcano, Dry Gulch, River, Mine
• One Footer 1, 2
• Sodor City, Yard, Climbers, Castle Holly
• Hampton Caves
• Sawmill, Canyon
• Oil Refinery
• Campground
• Pennsylvania Coal Mine
• Hogwarts

The show went well. There were many layouts and vendors with lots of space left for people to move around. Bob Hesselgrave ran his bullet train which was the hit of the show. A number of people stopped to talk to us about our layout and the hobby.

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday September 19, 2025

Where: Marie Callender’s, 307 E. Katella Ave., Orange, CA 92867

Attendees: TODO

Agenda: TODO

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday August 15, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

Attendees: TODO

Agenda: TODO

NTrak Express meeting

(cancelled)

When: 7:00pm Friday July 18, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday June 20, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

Attendees:

• Bob Osterhoudt
• Bob Hesselgrave
• Ken Szok
• Ben Jones
• George Barrier
• James Dinwiddie
• John Hanes

Agenda:

• We discussed the show in Lomita. The setup and takedown went well.
• We discussed possible upcoming shows.
• George Barrier discussed the web site progress.
• George Barrier discussed possibly including TTrak modules in the NTrak layout in the future.

Southern California N-Scale Meet

When: May 31, 2025 8am – 4pm

Where: Calvary Assembly of God – Lomita (gymnasium) 25501 Oak St., Lomita, CA 90717

Layout Setup: Friday May 30, 2025 10am-5pm

Members Present at setup: Bob Osterhoudt, Bob Hesselgrave, James Dinwiddie, Wil Strich, John Hanes, Ben Jones, George Barrier, Holly Barrier

The layout: clockwise starting at the lift bridge, contained the following modules:

• Lift Bridge
• Dennis Country, City
• Springfield East, West
• Park
• Sawmill, Canyon
• Hampton Caves
• Sodor City, Yard, Climbers, Castle Holly
• Hogwarts
• Oil Refinery
• Campground
• Utah Valley South, North
• Red Rock Canyon
• Ore Mine

The setup activity went great. We completed early and had some time to run trains a little. We even went to eat dinner afterward.

(TODO: images of setup)

(TODO: image of group members on saturday)

(TODO: images from show)

Frank Hino created a video about the show and its participants. The following link will take you to his YouTube video.

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday May 16, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

Attendees: Bob Osterhoudt, Bob Hesselgrave, Ken Szok, Wil Strich, Ben Jones, John Hanes

Agenda:

• Approved minutes from previous meeting
• Accepted treasurer’s report
• Discussed details of upcoming show in Lomita
• Discussed options for future shows

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday April 18, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

Agenda:

• Approved minutes from previous meeting
• Accepted treasurer’s report
• Discussed upcoming show in Lomita
• Discussed options for future shows
• Web site needs information from members

NTrak Express meeting

When: 7:00pm Friday March 21, 2025

Where: Streamliner Cafe, 186 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA 92866

Agenda:

• Lessons learned from the past two shows
• Web Site statistics
• Up-coming shows

The Great Train Show

When: March 8-9, 2025 10am to 4pm

Where: Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001

Layout Setup: Friday March 7, 2025 11am to 6pm

The layout: clockwise starting at the lift bridge, contained the following modules:

• Lift Bridge
• Dennis Country, City
• Springfield East, West
• Campground
• Oil Refinery
• Utah Valley South, North
• Park
• Boy Scout Volcano, Dry Gulch, River, Mine
• One Footer 1, 2
• Sodor City, Yard, Climbers, Castle Holly
• Hampton Caves
• Sawmill, Canyon
• Ore Mine
• Petticoat Junction
• Children’s Module
• Kathy’s Module
• Hogwarts

Train Show

When: Saturday March 1, 2025 10am-5pm and Sunday March 2, 2025 10am-4pm

Where: Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 South P St. Bakersfield, CA 93307 (building 3)

Layout Setup: Friday February 28, 2025 11am

The layout: clockwise starting at the lift bridge, contained the following modules:

• Lift Bridge
• Dennis Country, City
• Springfield East, West
• Campground
• Oil Refinery
• Utah Valley South, North
• Park
• Boy Scout Volcano, Dry Gulch, River, Mine
• One Footer 3, 4
• Sodor City, Yard, Climbers, Castle Holly
• Hampton Caves
• Sawmill, Canyon
• Ore Mine
• Petticoat Junction
• Children’s Module
• Hogwarts
• Kathy’s Module