Today we went to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. For the third year, in the special exhibit room at the west end was the Golden Gate Express Railway, a garden scale layout designed by by members of the Bay Area Garden Railway Society. The famous San Francisco structures were made from recycled materials. The layout was quite different this year. The cable car ran on a separate table, with the Ferry Building, the Castro Theatre, and Coit Tower. Today the car was running backwards. A freight train ran around the primary layout. I think one track was not in use today. Several Golden Gate Park fixtures were there, including the buffalo herd, the carousel, and the Music Concourse with the De Young Museum and the Academy of Sciences.
Another table had the Victorians, Ghiradelli Square and other San Francisco landmarks, but no train was running there today.
A jazz band was practicing in the tunnel. They were playing "Body and Soul" when we left.
I was shocked to hear that an Arizona Representative was shot in the head and several people were killed today. This is not the way politics are supposed to work in our country.
Update 11-January-2011:
I posted a video:
I'm sorry the cable car was running backwards. I hope they were doing it to equalize wear on the car.
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