2026 32nd Annual Bakersfield Model Train Show
March 7 & 8, 2026
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We are open Saturday, March 7, 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, March 8, 10 AM to 4 PM. But you must hurry!!!!
32nd annual bakersfield model train show march 7th & 8th
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FEBRUARY
- February 18
- 9:00 AM - 12 Noon
- HO & N Layout Work Session
- 9:00 AM - 12 Noon
- February 21
- 8:00 AM
- Pre-Meeting Breakfast at Tina's Marie's Downtown Cafe (1st Floor of GEHAMS Clubhouse)
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Monthly GEHAMS Business Meeting (3rd Floor of Clubhouse)
- 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM
- Free Dues Fun Run For GEHAMS Members
- 8:00 AM
- February 25
- 9: 00 AM - 12 Noon
- Getting things ready for March 7-8 32nd Annual Bakersfield Model Train Show
- 9: 00 AM - 12 Noon
- February 28
- 10: AM - 1:00 PM
- Getting things ready for March 7-8 32nd Annual Bakersfield Model Train Show. As we will be busy preparing for the Train Show, there will be no planned running of trains.
- 10: AM - 1:00 PM
March
- March 7
- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- 32nd Annual Bakersfield Model Railroad Show
- Kern County Fairgrounds
- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- March 8
- 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- 32nd Annual Bakersfield Model Railroad Show
- Kern County Fairgrounds
- 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- March 14
- 10: AM - 1:00 PM
- Open for Visitation (Be aware that there maybe layout work going on and no trains operating during some of this time)
- 10: AM - 1:00 PM
- March 21
- CLOSED
- MARCH 28 - OPEN HOUSE
- 8:00 AM
- Pre-Meeting Breakfast at Tina's Marie's Downtown Cafe (1st Floor of GEHAMS Clubhouse)
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Monthly GEHAMS Business Meeting (3rd Floor of Clubhouse)
- 10:45 AM-1:00 PM
- Open House
- No admission charge
- Free to the public
- Trains will be running on both layouts!!!
- 8:00 AM
You Are Cordially Invited To Attend Our Next
open house march 28th
Watch trains operate over our HO scale, N scale and LEGO layouts. No Charge. Free To Public.
On the HO layout.............
Did you receive some trains from Santa for Christmas and wanting to get some ideas for what to do to get started in your new hobby? You will have plenty of experience to draw from the members at GEHAMS. With several years of experience, we are sure we have the answers to all your questions, when it comes to model railroading! Come to our next Open House to get the answers! There is no admission charge to our Open House and is FREE to the public. Click or tap video pictures to start video play. Video provided by GEHAMS members, Pat Inase & Doug Wagner.
And on the N scale layout............
The westbound Santa Fe Super Chief at Tehachapi Creek Crossing #5
And more from the N scale layout............
Back in the 1940's and 1950's, known on the Santa Fe Railroad as the GFX, but aptly named the Bakersfield Spud Express, this reefer train carried potatoes harvested from Kern County, Central California, to markets in the east. Here is the 1940's era eastbound Bakersfield Spud Express, at Tehachapi Creek Crossing #5, on the Golden Empire Historical and Modeling Society, Bakersfield, California, N scale layout.
What's New At GEHAMS?
Phase 1 of the N scale layout signaling project comes to an end, and Phase 2 begins..........................
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