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Kids Club Report
by Mike Hays
What is the Kid's Club ?
Established in 2001, the Kid's Club, developed and sponsored by members of the San Diego 3-Railers, is a program designed to promote the fun, excitement and educational values of model railroading to children and young adults. With an initial participation of seventeen families, it has now grown to over one hundred sixty.
It meets for a two-hour session on the last Saturday morning of the month in the upstairs library of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. Enrollment forms can be found in the Toy Train Gallery. Confirmation of enrollment is necessary before youngsters can participate in Club sessions.
In educational sessions, the children (and adults) are taught the care and maintenance of model railroading equipment, and how to construct a layout. Later, they are allowed to run their own trains (or those provided by the Club) on one of the four main lines.
There is no cost to participate in the program, as children six years of age and older are encouraged to experience the hobby of model railroading.
The goals are to have fun, learn about the history of "real" and "model" railroading, how to create, build and maintain a layout, as well as the interaction, participation and working well with others.
It is a program that is "right on track", and a rewarding experience .... for all !!
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25 August 2018
Hi all, Saturday, 25 Aug 2018: Members of the SD3R Kids Club were running trains on the layout today.
The doors opened at 11 AM. There were a lot of visitors. We were running Conventional, TMCC, and DCS.
Mike Hays
Previous Kids Club Reports 2018:
January 15
27
February 19
March 31
April 28
May 26
28
June 30
July 28
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Previous Kids Club Reports 2017:
January 28
February 25
April 29
May 27
June 24
July 29
September 04
30
October 28
November 24
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Previous Kids Club Reports 2016:
January 30
May 30
June 25
July 30
August 27
September 05
24
October 29
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Watching his train ↓
Polar Express rounding the engine house ↓
Watching her train rounding Lesserton station ↓
NYC GP9 leading the way ↓
Part of a long train ↓
Yes we are having FUN ↓
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