2015 CCRRF Schedule

Date/Time Title City Ends Location Type Note Description

null Activities at SLO SLO Library Various Activities Times and specifics below. SLO Library activities the SLO will include model display, railroad art and photo Library display, presentations, and a kids coloring project. Also see listings for programs (for both children and adults) at most SLO County Library locations throughout September.

Pictured at left is a photo by Rich Hansen who will be displaying his railroad photos at the SLO Library during the Festival (Thu/Fri 6­9pm, Saturday, and Sunday).

Brian Lawler will also be exhibiting his photos at the SLO Library during the Festival.

null Big Model Paso to Paso to Layout (ALL The list includes numerous garden and home layouts from Paso Railroad Lompoc Lompoc DETAILS) Robles to Lompoc. The Festival also features visiting layouts from Layout Tour! around California! This is organized by the Model Railroads of Southern California. Full 2015 CCRRF Layout Tour: PDF (includes maps)

Aug 07, 2015, Pacific Coast SLO Oct 31, History Museum This special Pacific Coast Railway display will be available for viewing Fri 6:00 PM Railway 2015 Center of the months of August, September and October during regular History Display San Luis Center hours. Also, special Art After Dark receptions connected with Obispo this display on the 1st Friday of August, September and October, 6­ County 9pm. On October 2nd during the Railroad Festival, 6­9pm, both Andrew Merriam and Curtiss Johnson, experts on the PCRy, will be present at the SLO History Center to answer questions. History Center of San Luis Obispo County

Sep 18, 2015, Railroad Los Osos Los Osos Kids 2075 Palisades Ave, Los Osos, CA Fri 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 528­1862 Library flier: PDF

Sep 19, 2015, Railroad Cambria Cambria Kids 1043 Main Street, Cambria, CA Sat 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 927­4336 Library flier: PDF

Sep 21, 2015, Next Stop: SLO Dec 17 Kennedy Exhibit This special Southern Pacific Mon 9:00 AM San Luis Library, Cal Railroad exhibit, curated by Cal Obispo: The Poly Poly student Jenny Freilach, Arrival of the explores the history of the Southern railroad with original documents Pacific from the Jack Family Papers, the Railroad Ah Louis Family Papers, and other San Luis Obispo County collections. Explore our Mobile­friendly SLO Railroad District Walking Tour. Cal Poly will demo this tour map, along with a historic overlay map that shows the original location of railroad lines and station points at the Railroad Museum on October 3rd. These maps are exciting works in progress that welcome community input. The exhibit is open Mon­Fri from 9:00­4:00, located on the 4th floor of Kennedy Library at Cal Poly. For more information contact: Special Collections and Archives.

Sep 21, 2015, Railroad Atascadero Atascadero Kids 6555 Capistrano Ave, Atascadero, CA Mon 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 461­6161 Library flier: PDF

Sep 22, 2015, Dave SLO 4:30pm KVEC Radio Show Brad LaRose, long time SLO Railroad Museum President (recently Tue 4:00 PM Congalton 920AM retired from that post), is well versed in area railroad history and Show knows all the ins and outs of the SLO Railroad Museum. He is also a veteran of KVEC appearances. Tom Mitchell, Chair of the SLO Railroad Museum Events Committee, will also be there to talk about the details of the Railroad Festival and other annual events sponsored by the SLO Railroad Museum. KVEC 920AM, http://920kvec.com/.

Sep 23, 2015, Railroad Nipomo Nipomo Kids 918 W Tefft St, Nipomo, CA Wed 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 929­3994 Library flier: PDF

Sep 23, 2015, Railroad Arroyo Arroyo Kids 800 W Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA Wed 10:30 AM Storytime Grande Grande Phone:(805) 473­7161 Library Library flier: PDF

Sep 24, 2015, Railroad Atascadero Atascadero Kids 6555 Capistrano Ave, Atascadero, CA Thu 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 461­6161 Library flier: PDF

Sep 24, 2015, Railroad Arroyo Arroyo Kids 800 W Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA Thu 10:30 AM Storytime Grande Grande Phone:(805) 473­7161 Library Library flier: PDF

Sep 25, 2015, Railroad Oceano Oceano Kids 1551 17th St, Oceano, CA 93445 Fri 11:10 AM Storytime Library Phone:(805) 474­7478 Library flier: PDF

Sep 26, 2015, Pre­Festival Arroyo 3pm Arroyo Concert Sat 2:00 PM Concert Grande Grande Library “BanjerDan" (Dan Mazer) is a banjo player/multi­instrumentalist based in San Luis Obispo County, CA. His music is an Americana mix, rooted in straight­ahead bluegrass and branching out to include folk, country, blues, oldies, and other styles. For this program, Dan will present a selection of train songs, from classics like 'The Wabash Cannonball' and "The Orange Blossom Special" to lesser­known works such as Paul Craft's "Raised By The Railroad Line." Free show designed for adults but open to all. 800 W Branch St, Arroyo Grande, CA Phone:(805) 473­7161

Sep 28, 2015, Railroad SLO SLO Library Kids 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA Mon 10:30 AM Storytime (805) 781­5775 Library flier: PDF

Sep 28, 2015, Railroad Cayucos Cayucos Kids 310 B Street Cayucos, CA Mon 3:00 PM Storytime Library (805) 995­3312 Library flier: PDF

Sep 29, 2015, Railroad Morro Bay Morro Bay Kids 625 Harbor St, Morro Bay, CA Tue 10:30 AM Storytime Library (805) 772­6394 Library flier: PDF

Sep 29, 2015, Railroad SLO SLO Library Kids 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA Tue 10:30 AM Storytime (805) 781­5775 Library flier: PDF

Oct 01, 2015, Camp San Miguel 4pm Camp Museum Our exhibit deals with the Camp Roberts Thu 9:00 AM Roberts Train Roberts Train Station that operated during World Station War II, and includes a scale replica of the station as well as many other relevant items. It's located in the Main Museum, which is pictured here. Admission is free to everyone.

Oct 01, 2015, Central Coast Atascadero 6pm 7600 El Layout (ALL This well­stocked model train store has three finished in­store Thu 10:00 AM Trains Camino Real DETAILS) display layouts in HO, N and O scale. Website: http://www.centralcoasttrains.com/.

Oct 01, 2015, Doc AG, Orcutt, 9:00pm Village of Layout (ALL This is the best site on the tour to enjoy ice cream while watching Thu 1:00 PM Burnstein's SLO AG & Old DETAILS) trains, with hand­crafted ice creams made on­site. The G­scale train Ice Cream Orcutt travels the perimeter of the AG and Orcutt shops on a continuous Lab loop, passing various features depending on the store. Running since 1981, the Village Railroad in the Arroyo Grande store includes an engine that replicates a train that traveled through Arroyo Grande circa 1883­1896. Website: www.docburnsteins.com. The SLO store has the same great ice cream, but no trains. Some stores open earlier and/or close later.

Oct 01, 2015, Pioneer Paso 4pm 2010 Museum The Pioneer Museum displays items from pioneer homes and Thu 1:00 PM Museum Riverside businesses, a Paderewski exhibit, a barbed­wire collection, antique Ave vehicles and farm equipment, one­room schoolhouse and more. The Museum will have some special railroad exhibits for the Railroad Festival.

Oct 01, 2015, Layout and SLO 9pm SLO Library Layout (ALL Thu 6:00 PM Activities DETAILS)

The Orange County "N” Gineers will have their layout on display in the SLO Library Community Room throughout the Festival. There will also be a railroad art and photo show available in the same room.

Oct 01, 2015, Farmers SLO 9pm Higuera Event The CCRRF booth will be in the Thu 6:00 PM Market Street middle of the Market ­ across from Garden Street corner. Learn about the Festival and its participants. Pick up a full schedule and interesting information! Come “toot” our locomotive horn! Also visit the SLO Library during Farmers’ Market to see the Festival railroad art display, listen to interesting programs (see below) and experience the great running model layout from Orange County! Farmers Market

Oct 01, 2015, History of Atascadero Atascadero Presentation Thu 6:30 PM Central Coast Library by Brad LaRose. Railroads 6555 Capistrano Ave, Atascadero, CA (805) 461­6161

Oct 01, 2015, Amtrak, and SLO 9pm SLO Library Presentation 7pm: David Weisman on Amtrak History and Perspective Thu 7:00 PM much more 8pm: Jamie Foster on Railroading Galore in the Greater SLO Area (PDF, 14mb)

Oct 02, 2015, Northern Oceano 3pm Layout (ALL Jeff Parker/Central Valley Model Fri 10:00 AM Pacific DETAILS) Works, HO – This layout was built by the late Jack Parker, owner of Central Valley Model Works. It is now operated by his son, Jeff, and Jeff’s wife, Heather. It represents the Northern Pacific in Montana in the era from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. The often photographed scenes depict Logan, Montana. While considerable "artistic license" has been taken with the actual arrangement of Logan, the layout allows the simulation of the actual operation of Northern Pacific trains going to and from St. Paul and Tacoma. The layout room is a generous 17’ x 50’ plus an extra eight­foot extension on the east end for return loops. The track is, of course, Central Valley CVT. That product was designed and developed for and then used on this layout. Jack’s good friend and fellow N.P. model railroader David Coster helped design the layout and also did all of the wiring. The layout features a great roster of detailed brass steam locomotives and these all are tuned and weighted to pull scale length trains. Brief tours of the Central Valley Model Works facility will be given as time permits. Photo website: http://www.cvmw.com/imagecvmw/color_photos/index.htm Central Valley website: http://www.cvmw.com/

Oct 02, 2015, Historic Walk SLO 11:30am Railroad Walking Tour Join experienced local Sierra Club leader, Joe Morris, in a guided Fri 10:00 AM of the SLO District stroll past fifteen sights in the old commercial district, depot area, Railroad and century­old boardinghouses. He will tell stories about the heyday Historic of the Southern Pacific during the steam age, the 1890s to 1950s, District when the SP dominated public life, transforming SLO from a cow town to a boomtown. Children welcome. No charge or reservations needed. Meet at Gus's Grocery, corner of Osos and Leff Sts.

Oct 02, 2015, Central Coast Atascadero 6pm 7600 El Layout (ALL This well­stocked model train store has three finished in­store Fri 10:00 AM Trains Camino Real DETAILS) display layouts in HO, N and O scale. Website: http://www.centralcoasttrains.com/.

Oct 02, 2015, Obermeyer Atascadero 5pm Layout (ALL This layout blends Southern Fri 10:00 AM Ranch DETAILS) Pacific and Santa Fe operations in Railroad the mid­1950s, plus a little before and a little after. Motive power consists of Southern Pacific Black Widow diesels and Cab Forwards and Santa Fe steam and zebra­ striped diesels. The layout is in a separately room that is 24 feet x 17 feet. The layout is a dog bone that drops down to two levels. The top section starts at a High Sierra lumber mill scene with three reverse, staging, passing loops and then goes through bridges to reach Glendale, California. The line then descends down to a dessert section that resembles Monument Valley, Arizona with passing sidings in between. After going through the dessert it emerges onto a bottom level and makes it way to the bottom three reversing loops that feature a wharf scene where lumber can be off­loaded to ocean going ships. Minimum radius is thirty­two inches and all track is Micro Engineering Code 83. Except for two curved Walters turnouts all the rest are Micro Engineering Number 7s. Layout is DCC with NCE controls. The room's backdrop features twelve long sections from BackDrop Warehouse that, with some difficulty, all match and blend together over a span of sixty feet. The layout was constructed by Bill with one exception: Fellow local NMRA member Rick Fulkerson was a tremendous help with his vast knowledge of electronics and he made custom control boards for automatic turnout controls on the six reverse loops. Without Rick’s help this would have never been done! Layout is approximately fifty percent done. Bill Obermeyer, HO.

Oct 02, 2015, Pacific Coast SLO 12pm SLO Layout (ALL $, San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum – Operating on the site of the Fri 10:00 AM Railway Railroad DETAILS) restored 1894 Southern Pacific Freight Depot, the San Luis Obispo Museum Railroad Museum is preserving the railroad history of California and the Central Coast by collecting, restoring, displaying and operating historic railroad equipment. The Central Coast Model Railroad occupies a 1,500 square foot space in the Museum. The goal is to portray the railroad history of the California Central Coast in miniature and operating scale trains in their historic context. In concept the HO scale model represents various aspects of railroad life in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties including the geographical area, industries served, and train operations of the various railroads located there. A double deck peninsula layout is utilized with realistic miniature recreations of up to sixteen historic local railroad scenes along the Central Coast. Major features include the Pacific Coast Railway pier at Avila, the town of San Luis Obispo as a railroad division point incorporating the roundhouse, water tanks the station and adjacent historic buildings, the Stenner Creek trestle and famous horseshoe curve. Operationally there are full­length Southern Pacific passenger trains including the colorful and renowned streamlined Daylight, the Lark and mail trains. Freight trains carry local produce, lumber, beets, oil and general merchandise. A maintenance of way trains also is included. The model mainline will be over five hundred feet long. Trains incorporate sound and radio control operations to present a realistic presentation of railroading along the Central Coast. Currently the Pacific Coast Railway HOn3 model railroad includes Avila Beach and the Port Harford Pier areas. The major elements include Harford Pier (nearly 16 feet in length), a four­foot high painted backdrop of the harbor area and the town of Avila Beach in the early 1930s, including the award­winning wood truss bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek as featured on the cover of the September 2012 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. The Southern Pacific Coast Line in HO scale is a two­level layout that will ultimately have a mainline run of over five hundred lineal feet. Two hundred and forty feet of the lower level are now in operation. The Surf Depot area and the bridge crossing the Santa Ynez River are complete. The Stenner Creek Trestle (eight actual feet in length) is built and being installed. Track is laid for the San Luis Obispo yard, which is eight tracks wide and thirty feet in length. Many of the historic structures are in place. Where possible all scenes modeled are based upon actual Southern Pacific track plans and 1950s era photographs. Website: http://www.slorrm.com/ Also open Saturday and Sunday 10am­4pm Interior admission per day (exterior activities and displays are free): $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 02, 2015, Railroad SLO 2pm Jack House, Presentation/Tour Fri 12:00 PM Roundtable 536 Marsh St Jack House: What We Know, Where We Go: A Railroad Roundtable at the Jack House. Scholars and students of railway history on the Central Coast will meet at rail entrepreneur R. E. Jack’s 1878 house to give presentations and discuss the future of scholarship and preservation efforts. The public is invited to both listen and take part. The program includes a tour of the Jack House, a preview of the exhibition on Jack’s unbuilt Morro Bay–Bakersfield railroad and Paso Robles–San Joaquin auto line, and refreshments on the back porch.

Oct 02, 2015, Doc AG, Orcutt, 9:00pm Village of Layout (ALL This is the best site on the tour to enjoy ice cream while watching Fri 1:00 PM Burnstein's SLO AG & Old DETAILS) trains, with hand­crafted ice creams made on­site. The G­scale train Ice Cream Orcutt travels the perimeter of the AG and Orcutt shops on a continuous Lab loop, passing various features depending on the store. Running since 1981, the Village Railroad in the Arroyo Grande store includes an engine that replicates a train that traveled through Arroyo Grande circa 1883­1896. Website: www.docburnsteins.com. The SLO store has the same great ice cream, but no trains. Some stores open earlier and/or close later.

Oct 02, 2015, Pioneer Paso 4pm 2010 Museum The Pioneer Museum displays items from pioneer homes and Fri 1:00 PM Museum Riverside businesses, a Paderewski exhibit, a barbed­wire collection, antique Ave vehicles and farm equipment, one­room schoolhouse and more. The Museum will have some special railroad exhibits for the Railroad Festival.

Oct 02, 2015, DK & Pacific MRSC 6pm Layout (ALL The DK & Pacific Mountain Fri 2:00 PM Mountain members DETAILS) Railway is a new and under Railway only construction layout, based on a freelance railroad trying to make a go of it at the height of the depression. The railroad works lumber operations from a Pacific coastal town and hard rock mining operations in steep mountainous terrain. Money is tight and the age and appearance of the rolling stock shows it. Trains are powered by steam and there are no diesels operating on this layout. The layout is both HO and HOn3, and includes a simple loop of HOn30. The HO mainline runs through the wharf area of the coastal town, the service camp of a logging operation, and through the Westerly classification yard of the railroad. The HOn3 mainline will serve numerous mines and milling sites, and is located on the upper shelf of the two­shelf layout. This upper shelf is also the location of the HOn30 loop for a small tram that will serve the mines. Also included in the den layout room is a high loop, display shelf for running On30 cars and locomotives from the owner’s collection. This display shelf also includes a loop of N­ Scale track for running the owner’s “favorite trains” . . . the Southern Pacific Daylight and the AT&SF Super Chief. An additional layout room (16’ x 14’) has just been completed and the mainline tracks from both the HO and HOn3 shelves have been realigned through the common wall. New bench work has been constructed and the tracks have been installed. Now completed, the mainline of both the standard and narrow gauge lines have more than doubled the size of the initial layout. Another high display shelf is included and is currently operating. Two classification yards are included in the new room and will serve as the Easterly terminus for both standard and narrow gauge operations. While the existing den layout has the ability to run both DC and DCC controlled locomotives, the new room is configured for only DCC power. The layout uses NCE DCC power cabs for locomotive control (including sound), scenes have added sound modules, all structures have lighted interiors, and under shelf lighting is unique. Scenery is slowing being added to the layout, with most underlying land forms in place. Several bridges, trestles, and other types of crossings are in place and have been detailed. Several tunnel portals are finished and include interior details. The layout is a never ending work in progress. George Gibson, HO and HOn3.

Oct 02, 2015, Pomar Wine SLO­Paso 9pm SLO­Pomar Excursion $75 Take the “Wine Rail Express” to Pomar Junction's Train Wreck Friday Fri 3:30 PM Rail Robles Jct Winery (WAIT October 2, 2015 ­ WAIT LIST ONLY Excursion LIST As part of the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museums Central Coast ONLY) Railroad Festival, join us on Friday October 2, for a trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight to Pomar Junction Winery for their Train Wreck Friday event. You will travel over the historic Cuesta Grade between San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. Transportation to Pomar Junction and the return trip to San Luis Obispo is included. At Pomar Junction Winery you will enjoy live music by the “Booty Shakers”, great BBQ from Stein's Catering with Tri­Tip and Pulled Pork sandwiches along with some cheeses, meats, olives, nuts, crackers, chocolates, etc. is available for purchase or bring your own picnic lunch. Tasting their award winning Paso Robles AVA wines is included. See Pomar Junctions web site at www.pomarjunction.com for additional information. The cost for this event is $75.00, tickets are available at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center (895 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, (805) 781­2670). Further trip details will be available with your ticket. All Aboard! WAIT LIST ONLY

Oct 02, 2015, Layout and SLO 9pm SLO Library Layout (ALL Fri 6:00 PM Activities DETAILS)

The Orange County "N” Gineers will have their layout on display in the SLO Library Community Room throughout the Festival. See also the Art After Dark entry during this same Friday 6­9pm timeslot. There will also be a railroad art and photo show available in the same room. Oct 02, 2015, Railroad SLO 7pm Jack House, Presentation Jack House: San Luis poets read new poems about the railroad, Fri 6:00 PM Poems 536 Marsh interspersed by historic railroad poems and music on the 1864 Jack St Steinway. San Luis Obispo County Poet Laureate Marguerite Costigan will be joined by T. C. West, Patti Sullivan, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Jerry Douglas Smith, and Coco de Casscza. There will also be an open mic for rail­related poems and a reception on the back porch. A look at the exhibition “Dreamlines: The Unbuilt Railroads of the Central Coast” and tours of the house will be available after the reading until 9 pm.

Oct 02, 2015, Arts Obispo’s SLO 9pm Varies Event Arts Obispo’s Art After Dark is a well­attended monthly SLO event Fri 6:00 PM Art After that will feature railroad images this month. Locations with railroad Dark themes: 1. History Center of SLO County, 696 Monterey Street. Both Andrew Merriam and Curtiss Johnson, experts on the PCRy, will be present at the SLO History Center to answer questions. 2. SLO Library Community Rooms: The Orange County N­gineers model railroad and photography by Rich Hansen and Brian Lawler. 3. The Jack House is also offering a CCRRF­related Art After Dark display and program: “Railroad Poems,” reading and concert 6­7pm; “Dreamlines,” exhibition on unbuilt Central Coast railroads; house tours 7­9pm.

Oct 02, 2015, R. E. Jack SLO 8pm SLO Library Presentation 7pm: Joe Carotenuti will talk about R. E. Jack and his railroad Fri 7:00 PM (Jack House) interests.

Oct 03, 2015, Camp San Miguel 4pm Camp Museum Our exhibit deals with the Camp Roberts Sat 9:00 AM Roberts Train Roberts Train Station that operated during World Station War II, and includes a scale replica of the station as well as many other relevant items. It's located in the Main Museum, which is pictured here. Admission is free to everyone.

Oct 03, 2015, Layout and SLO 4pm SLO Library Layout (ALL Sat 10:00 AM Activities DETAILS)

The Orange County "N” Gineers will have their layout on display in the SLO Library Community Room throughout the Festival. There will also be a railroad art and photo show available in the same room.

Oct 03, 2015, Model Layout Oceano CANCELLED Layout Robin White, N scale. CANCELED Sat 10:00 AM

Oct 03, 2015, Oceano Oceano 4pm Museum Museum open to display its railroad and south county historical Sat 10:00 AM Depot artifacts. Also special programs and running model trains by the San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association. Oceano Depot

Oct 03, 2015, SLO Railroad SLO 4pm SLO Freight Museum $ (see Welcome to the San Luis Obispo Railroad Sat 10:00 AM Museum House Desc) Museum! The restored Southern Pacific Freight House in the SLO Historic Railroad District is open. Activities will include:Outdoor activities including Music, Swap Meet, Railroad Art, Amtrak Display and Presentation, Amtrak Trails Program, Operation Lifesaver display and Presentation, Presentations by Union Pacific and Santa Maria Valley, Historical Presentations on the Pacific Coast Railroad and the Bringing to SLO the Southern Pacific, Face Painting, Hot Dogs and more to be announced. Outside activities will also include walking tours of the exterior of the Museum and SLO Rail Yard. Interior admission per day (exterior activities and displays are free): $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, railroad employee/families with current ID, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 03, 2015, Central Coast Atascadero 4pm 7600 El Layout (ALL This well­stocked model train store has three finished in­store Sat 10:00 AM Trains Camino Real DETAILS) display layouts in HO, N and O scale. Website: http://www.centralcoasttrains.com/.

Oct 03, 2015, Northern Oceano 3pm Layout (ALL Jeff Parker/Central Valley Model Works, HO – This layout was built Sat 10:00 AM Pacific DETAILS) by the late Jack Parker, owner of Central Valley Model Works. It is now operated by his son, Jeff, and Jeff’s wife, Heather. It represents the Northern Pacific in Montana in the era from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. The often photographed scenes depict Logan, Montana. While considerable "artistic license" has been taken with the actual arrangement of Logan, the layout allows the simulation of the actual operation of Northern Pacific trains going to and from St. Paul and Tacoma. The layout room is a generous 17’ x 50’ plus an extra eight­foot extension on the east end for return loops. The track is, of course, Central Valley CVT. That product was designed and developed for and then used on this layout. Jack’s good friend and fellow N.P. model railroader David Coster helped design the layout and also did all of the wiring. The layout features a great roster of detailed brass steam locomotives and these all are tuned and weighted to pull scale length trains. Brief tours of the Central Valley Model Works facility will be given as time permits. Photo website: http://www.cvmw.com/imagecvmw/color_photos/index.htm Central Valley website: http://www.cvmw.com/

Oct 03, 2015, SLOMRA Oceano 4pm Oceano Layout (ALL The San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association will Sat 10:00 AM Layout Depot DETAILS) display a number of their N and HO layouts.

Oct 03, 2015, Pacific Coast SLO 4pm 1940 Santa Layout (ALL $, Sat 10:00 AM Railway Barbara St. DETAILS) San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum – Operating on the site of the restored 1894 Southern Pacific Freight Depot, the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum is preserving the railroad history of California and the Central Coast by collecting, restoring, displaying and operating historic railroad equipment. The Central Coast Model Railroad occupies a 1,500 square foot space in the Museum. The goal is to portray the railroad history of the California Central Coast in miniature and operating scale trains in their historic context. In concept the HO scale model represents various aspects of railroad life in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties including the geographical area, industries served, and train operations of the various railroads located there. A double deck peninsula layout is utilized with realistic miniature recreations of up to sixteen historic local railroad scenes along the Central Coast. Major features include the Pacific Coast Railway pier at Avila, the town of San Luis Obispo as a railroad division point incorporating the roundhouse, water tanks the station and adjacent historic buildings, the Stenner Creek trestle and famous horseshoe curve. Operationally there are full­length Southern Pacific passenger trains including the colorful and renowned streamlined Daylight, the Lark and mail trains. Freight trains carry local produce, lumber, beets, oil and general merchandise. A maintenance of way trains also is included. The model mainline will be over five hundred feet long. Trains incorporate sound and radio control operations to present a realistic presentation of railroading along the Central Coast. Currently the Pacific Coast Railway HOn3 model railroad includes Avila Beach and the Port Harford Pier areas. The major elements include Harford Pier (nearly 16 feet in length), a four­foot high painted backdrop of the harbor area and the town of Avila Beach in the early 1930s, including the award­winning wood truss bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek as featured on the cover of the September 2012 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. The Southern Pacific Coast Line in HO scale is a two­level layout that will ultimately have a mainline run of over five hundred lineal feet. Two hundred and forty feet of the lower level are now in operation. The Surf Depot area and the bridge crossing the Santa Ynez River are complete. The Stenner Creek Trestle (eight actual feet in length) is built and being installed. Track is laid for the San Luis Obispo yard, which is eight tracks wide and thirty feet in length. Many of the historic structures are in place. Where possible all scenes modeled are based upon actual Southern Pacific track plans and 1950s era photographs. Website: http://www.slorrm.com/ Admission per day: $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, railroad employee/families with current ID, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 03, 2015, SMV Railway Santa 4pm Display Static display of three pieces of railroad equipment at the Santa Sat 10:00 AM Historical Maria Maria Transit Center (corner of E. Boone and S. Miller): steam Museum switcher from the Betteravia sugar mill, Sacramento Northern boxcar, and Santa Maria Valley Railroad caboose. SMV Railway Historical Museum

Oct 03, 2015, N­Scale SLO 4pm Layout (ALL Anthony Harris, N – Anthony’s N scale layout is four feet by seven Sat 10:00 AM Layout DETAILS) feet with about seventy­five feet of track. He is modeling the rolling hills of Central California and running modern equipment. The track plan is a continuous loop in a fairly complex design, typically with one train in operation at a time. There is a lot of hidden track, a grade for the cross­over, tunnels, retaining wall, lake with boats and two bridges. The layout is fully sceniced with abundant vegetation. This layout efficiently packs a lot of running into a small space. Here is a video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=wzk0gwRojPE

Oct 03, 2015, Museum Oceano 4pm Oceano Layout (ALL Oceano Depot Association – The Oceano Depot Association’s mission Sat 10:00 AM Display Depot DETAILS) is to restore, preserve, and operate the former Southern Pacific Layouts Oceano Depot and other structures that have historical significance for historical, scientific, educational and recreational purposes for the benefit of the residents of and visitors to the Community of Oceano. The Association’s numerous public displays include small HO and N scale layouts, a Southern Pacific boxcar, a Union Pacific caboose, produce crate labels, railroad paperwork, photos, tools and equipment. The Depot also houses a collection of World War II photos and memorabilia and local history items. Website: www.oceanodepot.org

Oct 03, 2015, Presentations SLO 4pm SLO Freight Presentation $, 10:30am Santa Maria Valley Railroad (Jamie Foster) Sat 10:30 AM at the House 11:15am Union Pacific Railroad (Liisa Stark) SLORRM

12:00pm Cal Poly's Swanton Pacific Railroad (Ed Carnegie) 1:00pm Pacific Coast Railway (Curtiss Johnson) 2:30pm Amtrak Trails (Gary Coombs) 3:00pm R. E. Jack (James Ralph Papp) Interior admission per day (exterior activities and displays are free): $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, railroad employee/families with current ID, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 03, 2015, Stone Atascadero 4pm Layout (ALL Sat 11:00 AM Mountain DETAILS) Railroad

Thomas Horn, On30 – The Stone Mountain Railroad is an On30 free­lanced mining railroad set in the mid 1930s. Designed mainly for scenic modeling opportunities, the railroad traverses an extremely rugged terrain. It features trestles and tunnels, a route only a narrow gauge railroad could conquer. Its purpose is to provide a connection to outside destinations for the rare ores of the mines as well as supplying the isolated town of Stone Mountain with supplies. Though built in a small ten foot by twelve foot bedroom, the layout was designed to avoid the appearance of too much track in a small space. It allows for continuous running, but operates basically as a point­to­point layout. Control is DCC with sound, using mainly geared locos. Structures are scratch­built and kits. Track is all hand laid. Scenery is ninety percent complete, with mostly detailing to be added. The layout room will accommodate four to five people at a time.

Oct 03, 2015, Doc AG, Orcutt, 9:00pm Village of Layout (ALL This is the best site on the tour to enjoy ice cream while watching Sat 1:00 PM Burnstein's SLO AG & Old DETAILS) trains, with hand­crafted ice creams made on­site. The G­scale train Ice Cream Orcutt travels the perimeter of the AG and Orcutt shops on a continuous Lab loop, passing various features depending on the store. Running since 1981, the Village Railroad in the Arroyo Grande store includes an engine that replicates a train that traveled through Arroyo Grande circa 1883­1896. Website: www.docburnsteins.com. The SLO store has the same great ice cream, but no trains. Some stores open earlier and/or close later.

Oct 03, 2015, Pioneer Paso 4pm 2010 Museum The Pioneer Museum displays items from pioneer homes and Sat 1:00 PM Museum Riverside businesses, a Paderewski exhibit, a barbed­wire collection, antique Ave vehicles and farm equipment, one­room schoolhouse and more. The Museum will have some special railroad exhibits for the Railroad Festival.

Oct 03, 2015, SLO Railroad SLO 3pm SLO Freight Walking Tour Informational tour of the Museum's restoration and storage yard on Sat 2:00 PM Museum House Emily Street. Meet at the Museum. SLO Railroad Museum

Oct 04, 2015, PCRy Bike SLO 11am Jack House, Bike Ride Jack House: Ride the old route of the Pacific Coast Railway from San Sun 9:00 AM Ride 536 Marsh Luis Obispo to Avila with guides to show you its historic sites along St the way, with photographs of what once stood there. The twelve­mile ride terminates at the Port San Luis Pier.

Oct 04, 2015, Oceano Oceano 4pm Oceano Museum Museum open to display its railroad and south county historical Sun 10:00 AM Depot Depot artifacts. Also special programs and running model trains by the San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association. Oceano Depot

Oct 04, 2015, D&P Paso 2pm Layout (ALL The Los Osos Valley Railroad is Sun 10:00 AM Mountain DETAILS) an HO scale 400 sq. foot double­ Railroad & deck, point to point layout. It Los Osos represents the Southern Pacific Valley Coast Line from San Luis Obispo Railroad to San Miguel in 1949. The layout is designed for operations and features hand­laid track, NCE DCC and sound equipped locomotives. Both ends of the layout have off­layout staging areas. The D&P Mountain Railroad is Paul’s freelanced Fn3 (1:20.3 scale) garden railroad. This is a U­shaped design operates around 3 1/2 sides of Paul’s house. The mainline is planned for 600 feet. The first phase of construction is complete with a 350 foot mainline and 150 feet of sidings and industry spurs. The maximum grade is four percent with ten­foot minimum diameter curves. The entire railroad is raised off the ground. The D&P Mountain Railroad is based on Colorado mountain railroading with mining and lumber operations in the 1940s era. This is narrow gauge steam railroading in a heavily forested layout. Over 120 dwarf Alberta Spruce trees have been planted so far along with other dwarf vegetation. The emphasis is on short line operations with the provision for continuous running. Six 2­ person crews will eventually handle operations. The current layout supports two 2­person crews. Locomotives are battery powered with radio control, QSI sound decoders and Airwire throttles. Paul Deis, Fn3 and HO.

Oct 04, 2015, SLO Railroad SLO 4pm SLO Freight Museum $ (see SLO Railroad Museum. See October 3rd 10am listing for details. Sun 10:00 AM Museum House Desc) Interior admission per day (exterior activities and displays are free): $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 04, 2015, Garden Santa 3:30pm Layout (ALL This freelance garden railroad Sun 10:00 AM Railroad Maria DETAILS) features a doubled mainline with about 450 feet of track on each line, one tunnel, a six­track yard, one bridge and a challenging three percent grade at one end. Trains are battery powered. Mark has been building this railroad for about four years. Mark Goodman, G.

Oct 04, 2015, Valley Coast Lompoc 3pm 428 North Layout (ALL Sun 10:00 AM Lines "I" St. DETAILS) This HO scale club is completing a new 1,500­foot track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than fifty years ago. The Lompoc Valley Railroad is a fictitious railroad that interfaces with many of the major road such as the Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, SP, UP, etc. All track is hand laid. The layout has several levels of tracks and a total of seven tunnels. The trains are initially made up on a staging level, proceed out and enter a large double track helix that connects the entire four­level layout and enables trains to climb to the desired level. Trains can be switched to emerge on a work bench for repair or proceed out onto the layout. A unique feature of the helix is that it is designed to open like a clam shell for interior access. One of the first sections the train encounters is a six foot by twelve foot peninsula that represents the Lompoc Valley. It was designed to replicate Lompoc as it would have looked in about 1960. This date was chosen so that members could operate the older steam engines as well as the newer diesel locomotives that entered service in the era, without looking incongruent. The flower fields can be seen along the tracks as the train proceeds out to the old Surf Depot. As the train is switched onto the main line at Surf it can proceed north or south. After crossing the Surf Bridge, the train makes its way up the coast to the industrial sites in Oakland. As a train proceeds north it will enter a sixteen foot by seven foot switching yard. The yard is planned with a round house and locomotive repair facility and a large number of switching sidings. A four foot by six foot harbor is planned that will include a wharf, harbor side businesses and a tug boat pushing a barge. Details such as pelicans, sea gulls, and sea lions can be seen around the harbor. Operational control features both DC and DCC. Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club, HO.

Oct 04, 2015, SLOMRA Oceano 4pm Oceano Layout (ALL The San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association will Sun 10:00 AM Layout Depot DETAILS) display a number of their N and HO layouts.

Oct 04, 2015, Pacific Coast Sisquoc 3pm MRSC Layout (ALL Sun 10:00 AM Railway Members DETAILS) Only Skip Purper, On30 – Skip is modeling the Sisquoc Branch of the narrow gauge Pacific Coast Railway in On30. Here is a link to a map of the Pacific Coast Railway showing the Sisquoc Branch: http://www.ccrrf.com/assets/PCRy­map.jpg The layout is a “modular” L­shaped 20­foot x 2­foot that resides more or less permanently in his workshop­garage. Skip has scratch­ built or kitbashed all of the structures and painted his own backdrops. The layout includes a scratch­built model of the Sisquoc Depot, the gravel pits and a portion of the Palmer oil racks. The railroad is powered by a simple Prodigy Express DCC unit and motive power is by Bachmann­Spectrum and Broadway Limited. Future plans include equipping the locos with operating front couplers and extending the turnaround ‘Y’ to facilitate operations. This layout is only open to members of Model Railroads of Southern California and their guests.

Oct 04, 2015, Garden Santa 3pm Layout (ALL This garden railroad consists of Sun 10:00 AM Railroad Maria DETAILS) three separate loops, two of which have reversing capability and two have one siding each. The three loops are interconnected and have access to a "rail yard" and to two separate storage areas: an indoor patio and an outdoor shed. The layout is DCC powered. Walter Wajda, G.

Oct 04, 2015, SP Coast SLO 2pm Layout (ALL Andrew Merriam – This model Sun 10:00 AM Line DETAILS) railroad is based upon the Southern Pacific’s Coast Line in the early 1950s when both steam and black widow diesel plied the rails. The area modeled covers Santa Margarita to Guadalupe including the Cuesta Grade horseshoe curve and the Stenner Creek Trestle. One branch line includes the Santa Maria Valley to the Betteravia sugar beet refinery. A second branch includes the award­winning double track 1912 Bascule Bridge to the port of San Pedro. The mainline totals about 340 feet with super elevated curves and handlaid track where visible. Digitrax DCC is used to control sound equipped locomotives. Scenery is about eighty­five percent complete. Operations include yard switching, several peddler freights, four through freights and six through passenger trains. Scenic highlights include the Stenner Creek Trestle (74 inches long) and Horseshoe Curve, Serrano to Cuesta Summit, San Luis Obispo Freight House and passenger Depot, Oceano and Guadalupe and the six foot long bascule bridge module to the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.

Oct 04, 2015, Museum Oceano 4pm Oceano Layout (ALL Oceano Depot Association – The Oceano Depot Association’s mission Sun 10:00 AM Display Depot DETAILS) is to restore, preserve, and operate the former Southern Pacific Layouts Oceano Depot and other structures that have historical significance for historical, scientific, educational and recreational purposes for the benefit of the residents of and visitors to the Community of Oceano. The Association’s numerous public displays include small HO and N scale layouts, a Southern Pacific boxcar, a Union Pacific caboose, produce crate labels, railroad paperwork, photos, tools and equipment. The Depot also houses a collection of World War II photos and memorabilia and local history items. Website: www.oceanodepot.org Oct 04, 2015, Northern Oceano 3pm 1203 Pike Layout (ALL Jeff Parker/Central Valley Model Works, HO – This layout was built Sun 10:00 AM Pacific Ln DETAILS) by the late Jack Parker, owner of Central Valley Model Works. It is now operated by his son, Jeff, and Jeff’s wife, Heather. It represents the Northern Pacific in Montana in the era from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. The often photographed scenes depict Logan, Montana. While considerable "artistic license" has been taken with the actual arrangement of Logan, the layout allows the simulation of the actual operation of Northern Pacific trains going to and from St. Paul and Tacoma. The layout room is a generous 17’ x 50’ plus an extra eight­foot extension on the east end for return loops. The track is, of course, Central Valley CVT. That product was designed and developed for and then used on this layout. Jack’s good friend and fellow N.P. model railroader David Coster helped design the layout and also did all of the wiring. The layout features a great roster of detailed brass steam locomotives and these all are tuned and weighted to pull scale length trains. Brief tours of the Central Valley Model Works facility will be given as time permits. Photo website: http://www.cvmw.com/imagecvmw/color_photos/index.htm Central Valley website: http://www.cvmw.com/

Oct 04, 2015, Pacific Coast SLO 4pm 1940 Santa Layout (ALL $, San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum Sun 10:00 AM Railway Barbara St. DETAILS) – Operating on the site of the restored 1894 Southern Pacific Freight Depot, the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum is preserving the railroad history of California and the Central Coast by collecting, restoring, displaying and operating historic railroad equipment. The Central Coast Model Railroad occupies a 1,500 square foot space in the Museum. The goal is to portray the railroad history of the California Central Coast in miniature and operating scale trains in their historic context. In concept the HO scale model represents various aspects of railroad life in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties including the geographical area, industries served, and train operations of the various railroads located there. A double deck peninsula layout is utilized with realistic miniature recreations of up to sixteen historic local railroad scenes along the Central Coast. Major features include the Pacific Coast Railway pier at Avila, the town of San Luis Obispo as a railroad division point incorporating the roundhouse, water tanks the station and adjacent historic buildings, the Stenner Creek trestle and famous horseshoe curve. Operationally there are full­length Southern Pacific passenger trains including the colorful and renowned streamlined Daylight, the Lark and mail trains. Freight trains carry local produce, lumber, beets, oil and general merchandise. A maintenance of way trains also is included. The model mainline will be over five hundred feet long. Trains incorporate sound and radio control operations to present a realistic presentation of railroading along the Central Coast. Currently the Pacific Coast Railway HOn3 model railroad includes Avila Beach and the Port Harford Pier areas. The major elements include Harford Pier (nearly 16 feet in length), a four­foot high painted backdrop of the harbor area and the town of Avila Beach in the early 1930s, including the award­winning wood truss bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek as featured on the cover of the September 2012 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. The Southern Pacific Coast Line in HO scale is a two­level layout that will ultimately have a mainline run of over five hundred lineal feet. Two hundred and forty feet of the lower level are now in operation. The Surf Depot area and the bridge crossing the Santa Ynez River are complete. The Stenner Creek Trestle (eight actual feet in length) is built and being installed. Track is laid for the San Luis Obispo yard, which is eight tracks wide and thirty feet in length. Many of the historic structures are in place. Where possible all scenes modeled are based upon actual Southern Pacific track plans and 1950s era photographs. Website: http://www.slorrm.com/ Admission per day: $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.

Oct 04, 2015, Garden Santa 4pm Layout (ALL Geoff Clinton, G – This is an Sun 11:00 AM Railroad Maria DETAILS) elevated garden railroad with 100­plus feet of mainline, ten to twelve­foot radius curves, and a yard/ steam­up area. There will be live steam locos both running and on display. Geoff runs both narrow gauge and standard gauge live steam and is currently in the process of building a large expansion to the railroad. You can view video of the Railway at the following Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=H1U5EhMPoN8&feature=share&list=UUmqXEwSwzZlVGkH2scKfHfQ

Oct 04, 2015, Layout and SLO 4pm SLO Library Layout (ALL Sun 12:00 PM Activities DETAILS)

The Orange County "N” Gineers will have their layout on display in the SLO Library Community Room throughout the Festival. There will also be a railroad art and photo show available in the same room.

Oct 04, 2015, Pioneer Paso 4pm 2010 Museum The Pioneer Museum displays items from pioneer homes and Sun 1:00 PM Museum Riverside businesses, a Paderewski exhibit, a barbed­wire collection, antique Ave vehicles and farm equipment, one­room schoolhouse and more. The Museum will have some special railroad exhibits for the Railroad Festival.

Oct 04, 2015, Dreamlines SLO 4pm Jack House, Museum $5 The Jack House: Dreamlines: The Unbuilt Railroads Sun 1:00 PM Exhibition 536 Marsh of the Central Coast. The exhibition tells the story St of how, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the visionary Morro Bay–Bakersfield railroad and Paso Robles–San Joaquin auto line were planned and pushed by their backers but ultimately collapsed. Also on view will be a rare 1843 watercolor of the Paris–Rouen railroad, one of the earliest in France, painted in the year of its opening. Admission includes a tour of the 1878 Jack House, built by rancher and capitalist R. E. Jack, who was instrumental in bringing the Southern Pacific to San Luis Obispo.

Oct 04, 2015, Doc AG, Orcutt, 9:00pm Village of Layout (ALL This is the best site on the tour to enjoy ice cream while watching Sun 1:00 PM Burnstein's SLO AG & Old DETAILS) trains, with hand­crafted ice creams made on­site. The G­scale train Ice Cream Orcutt travels the perimeter of the AG and Orcutt shops on a continuous Lab loop, passing various features depending on the store. Running since 1981, the Village Railroad in the Arroyo Grande store includes an engine that replicates a train that traveled through Arroyo Grande circa 1883­1896. Website: www.docburnsteins.com. The SLO store has the same great ice cream, but no trains. Some stores open earlier and/or close later.

Oct 04, 2015, Small Display Santa 4pm 400 E. Layout (ALL Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum – This non­profit, Sun 1:00 PM Layouts Maria Boone St DETAILS) educational museum is dedicated to the preservation of the railroad heritage of California, the Central Coast, and the Santa Maria Valley. There will be operating Lionel & HO trains set up in a 1930s Sacramento Northern box car at the museum. In addition to the boxcar the Museum’s collection includes a late 1800s­early 1900s locomotive used by the Betteravia Union Sugar Company and a 1930s Santa Maria Valley Railroad Caboose No. 180 and a Canadian Track Inspection Speeder. The Museum also sells trains and related equipment. Website: http://www.smvrhm.com/

Oct 04, 2015, Presentations SLO 3pm SLO Presentation 2pm: Pacific Coast Railway (Curtiss Johnson, slightly more technical Sun 2:00 PM at the Railroad than Saturday) SLORRM Museum 3pm: Canceled Admission per day: $3/adult $2/child (4­12) Free: Members, children 3 and under, and people with current Amtrak ticket/receipt.