Model train enthusiasts converged Tuesday at Fairview Park to celebrate a new Hank Hornsveld Memorial Trestle, which will accommodate thousands of free rides to the public on the third weekend of each month.
A round-up of news briefs and calendar items, this week from Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.
O.C. Model Engineers, recovering from recent vandalism to their train depot at Costa Mesa's Fairview Park, were touched Thursday to see an inhumane act remediated by an even bigger act of kindness.
Costa Mesa club members arrived at the property Wednesday to find vandals had damaged the station and a nearby storage building. Roughly estimated at $10,000, repairs could be costly for the cash-strapped hobbyists.
The president of the O.C. Model Engineers said his club received about 40,000 inquiries as to when the popular rides through Costa Mesa's Fairview Park would reopen.