Golden Empire Historical and Modeling Society – GEHAMS

The Society strategy is to reach out to schools, youth organizations and the public in order to educate people concerning the historical and economic impact of railroads in Kern County. The society will construct scale models of railroads in order to demonstrate their history, operations, and safety. The society will maintain a library and repository of historical artifacts pertaining to railroads.

We are located in downtown Bakersfield, CA

on Eye Street – between 20th & 19th.

Entrance is East off Eye St. down the Service Street Alley

Green Elevator Door is about 150 ft. on south side of alley.

One of the easiest ways to decide if you would like to join, is to visit us any Tuesday night from about 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. and Saturday  10:00 AM. We are almost always here.  Just give us a call they can make contact by emailing Larry7719@sbcglobal.net, or by phone at 661-589-0391. Like all model railroad clubs, we are always looking for new members, to help construct two of California’s largest model railroad layouts.

 

• When a person decides that they would like to join the club, they fill out an application, and turn it in to be considered by the membership at the next scheduled business meeting, which is every second Wednesday of each month.
• During the next six months the applicant should attend at least 3 Wednesday night business meetings and 8 regularly scheduled work or run sessions.
• After the applicant has met the business meeting and work/run session attendance requirements listed above, a vote is taken by the members at the next scheduled monthly business meeting.
• If the membership votes in favor of the applicant, he/she then becomes a member under the class membership that they applied for. A one-time initiation fee of $20 is collected at that time. The member then starts paying monthly dues associated with the class membership that they applied for.

Dues:

Regular Member (ages 18-60) – $25.00/month

Senior Member (over 60 years of age) – $20.00 / month

Associate Member (must live more than 25 miles from clubhouse) – $15.00 / month

Junior Member (ages under 18) – $5.00 / month