San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum

Railroading in the Greater San Luis Obispo Area

Very 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)
• 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 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