Year-Round Rail-Related Organizations in the Area
Broadly speaking, in some cases.
Alvin All-Star Railroad (3rd grade history unit w/HO)
Amtrak Serving California
BART San Francisco/Oakland area commuter trains
Bitter Creek Western Live Steam Railroad (7.5" gauge)
CalTrain (connect in at Gilroy)
California Central Coast On30 Modular Group
California Rail Map
California Railroads (Wikipedia)
California Short Line Railroad Association
California State Railroad Museum
California Tourist Railroads (Trains.com)
California Trains (YouTube)
Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society
Central Coast Model Railroad
Central Coast Railroad Festival
Central Coast Railway Club (NRHS)
Central Coast Railway Club (Facebook Group)
Central Coast Trains, Atascadero, CA.
Central Valley Model Works, Oceano, CA
Dan's Depot: San Luis Obispo and the Coast Line
Daylight Division of the PCR - NMRA
Free-Mo Modelers
Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Gold Coast Garden Railway Society
Grover Station Grill
Halter Ranch Railroad
Heads Up Coast Fans (Group.io)
Hemet Heritage Museum (video)
History of Rail Transportation in California (Wikipedia)
International Fellowship of Railroading Rotarians
Jack House (SLO)
LA-Rail (private cars out of LA)
Le Vigne Winery, 3 Pullmans on display
Loneliest Amtrak Station in California (Surf/Lompoc)
LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
Model Railroads of Southern California
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad
MetroLink (connect into LA from Ventura or Santa Clara)
Museums in the California Central Coast (Wikipedia)
Niles Canyon Railway
Norgrove Railway
Oceano Depot/Museum
Overfair Pacific Railroad (at Santa Margarita Ranch)
Pacific Bill & Jamie Railroad (PB&JRR, private G-scale)
Pacific Coast Railway (Wikipedia)
Pacific Coast Railway: Points of Interest in Arroyo Grande (PDF)
Pacific Coast Railway: Self-Guided Auto Tour, SLO area (PDF)
Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
Pacific Coast Railroad Co. (3-foot, Santa Margarita Ranch)
Pacific Coast Region, NMRA
Pacific Surfliner Route
Rail Museums of California (Wikipedia)
Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada
Railroad Museum at Ardenwood (Fremont, CA)
Railroad Route Guides (PDFs):
Paso Robles to San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara
Railroad Radio Frequencies
Railroads of the Central Coast--An Overview
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Roaring Camp Railroads
Rock and Roll Diner (in two dining cars), Oceano
Rori's Artisanal Creamery, Village of Arroyo Grande, G-scale RR
San Luis Obispo Car Free
San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association
San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
Santa Barbara Car Free
Santa Barbara Zoo (they have a train!)
Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society (SCRVRHS), Fillmore, CA
Santa Cruz Trains
Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Silicon Valley Lines (HO, San Jose)
South Coast Railroad Museum (Goleta Depot)
Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society
Southern California Train Rides
Tehachapi Railroad Depot Museum
To Shiny Rails (Jamie Foster's rail adventures)
Union Pacific Historical Society
Union Pacific Railroad
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
