Area Railroading
Year-Round Rail-Related Organizations in the Area. This list also includes more distant organizations either reasonably close physically or of interest to us online. All of these links are external and open in a new tab.
Alvin All-Star Railroad (3rd grade lessons)Amtrak Serving California
BART San Francisco/Oakland area commuter trains
Bitter Creek Western Live Steam Railroad (BCWRR)
Mike Massee BCWRR Photos
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)
CalTrain (connect in at Gilroy)
Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society
Central Coast Model Railroad
Central Coast Railway Club (Facebook Group)
Central Coast Railway Club (NRHS, website)
Central Coast Trains
Central Valley Model Works
Coast Starlight Communities Network
Cypher Winery (in Paso Robles Historic Train Depot)
Dallidet Adobe and Gardens (1800s Street Railcar)
Dana Adobe and Cultural Center (PCRy Right-of-Way)
Daylight Division of the PCR-NMRA
Exploration Discovery Center (Grover Beach, O-gauge Display)
Free-mo.org
Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Gold Coast Garden Railway Society
Griffith Park (LA Live Steamers, Southern RR, Travel Town)
Grover Station Grill
Halter Ranch Railroad (YouTube)
Halter Ranch Vineyard/Railroad
Heads Up Coast Fans (Group.io)
Hemet Heritage Museum (California Central Railroad)
History of Rail Transportation in California (Wikipedia)
LA-Rail (private cars out of LA)
Le Vigne Winery (3 Pullmans)
Loneliest Amtrak Station in California (Surf/Lompoc)
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency
MetroLink (connect into LA from Ventura or Santa Clara)
Model Railroads of Southern California
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad
Museums in the California Central Coast (Wikipedia)
Napa Valley Wine Train
Niles Canyon Railway
NMRA Daylight Division
Oceano Depot / Museum
Operation Lifesaver
Orange County 'N' Gineers
Overfair Pacific Railroad (was Swanton Pacific RR)
Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
Pacific Coast Region, NMRA
Pacific Surfliner Route
Pasadena Model Railroad Museum
Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad
Pomar Junction Vineyard & Winery (Rail-themed)
Rail Museums of California (Wikipedia)
Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada
Railroad BBQ Co.
Railroad Museum at Ardenwood (Fremont, CA)
Railroad Radio Frequencies
Railroads of the Central Coast--An Overview
Rail-Route Guide SLO-Paso (PDF)
Rail-Route Guide SLO-SB (PDF)
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
River Fox Train (Sacramento area)
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 Railroad Historic District
San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
Santa Barbara Zoo (they have a train!)
Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society
Santa Cruz Trains
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum (Hancock/SMVRR)
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum
Silicon Valley Lines (HO, San Jose)
Skunk Train (Fort Bragg, CA)
SLO Children's Museum (Jellybean Junction)
SLO Model Railroad Association
South Coast Railroad Museum (Goleta Depot)
South County (SLO) Historical Society
Southern California Train Rides
Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society
Tehachapi Railroad Depot Museum
Union Pacific Historical Society
Union Pacific Railroad
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
If you think you or your organization should be on this list, contact me at the email address below.