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
- 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