The Citrus Empire Model Railroad Club was the very large O scale club located under the racetrack grandstand at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. After occupying that location since 1948 they were evicted around 2006. These video clips are from September 2003. The quality is not very good, unfortunately. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ZEy4scKB8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqhUDhapCRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXgR63QGLwA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tkGCLLCb2I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlNvWfUynk Here is a link to an article with photos on the club: http://www.railroadinfo.com/modelrr/empire.html The article was written by Rocky McAlister of the San Gabriel VALLEY TRIBUNE, probably about 1998. John Bishop, Citrus Empire Club Secretary, sent me a note in 2010 mentioning that the Club is building a new layout in a garage in Covina, although another report said the location was West Covina. The layout is owned by Bruce Francis & is under construction by Bruce and members of the Citrus Empire Model RR Club and the Orange County O Scalers. The new layout is not ready for viewing on a tour yet but the benchwork for the mainline is now complete for both levels, and they have made a good start on laying track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNi05sbjR5o I hope to have them on a future layout tour. Bob Chaparro Moderator Model Railroads Of Southern California http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/
