{"id":176032,"date":"2026-02-13T03:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176032\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T03:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:57:20","slug":"32nd-annual-bakersfield-model-railroad-show-set-for-march-7-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176032\/","title":{"rendered":"32nd annual Bakersfield Model Railroad Show set for March 7-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Golden Empire Historical and Modeling Society of Bakersfield is inviting the community to attend its 32nd annual Bakersfield Model Railroad Show in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8 at the Kern County Fairgrounds. Train shows are set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Bakersfield Model Railroad Show is Central California\u2019s biggest model railroad show and features 20,000 square feet of model railroading, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/audio-call-threatening-shooting-csu-203039330.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Audio of call threatening shooting at CSU Bakersfield prompting lockdown released;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Audio of call threatening shooting at CSU Bakersfield prompting lockdown released <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShotgun Tom\u201d Kelly, Sirius XM 60\u2019s Gold Radio DJ and model railroader, is expected to attend both days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tickets for adults paying in cash at the door are $10 each and there is a $1 service charge for card transactions used to purchase entry. Tickets are valid for entry for both days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Children 12 years and younger can attend for free when accompanied by a paying adult, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Parking will cost $5, according to organizers. Tickets aren\u2019t available for sale online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Golden Empire Historical and Modeling Society of Bakersfield is inviting the community to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,83857,83856,48975,83855],"class_list":["post-176032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-model-railroad","tag-model-railroad-show","tag-model-railroader","tag-modeling-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}