To Shiny Rails

April 12, 2024

https://ccrrf.com/ccrrf-announcements-email-240412.html

Content:

2024 Festival Participants/Sponsors
First Sunset Wine/Rail Excursion in May
Model Rail Days at Oceano Depot
Friends of SMVRR Gala May 18
Norgrove Ry Hosts Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Rys
Pacific Coast Railroad #2 Restored by Norgrove
Jellybean Junction at SLO Children’s Museum
Vintage Traditions
North SLO County Museums
PCR Convention Offers Virtual Attendance
Amtrak to the CA Strawberry Festival
“Big Boy” in Roseville, CA July 12-13
Regional Garden RR Meet, San Diego, Aug 10-15
Railtown History Train April/May
Local Railroaders Visited Reedley Railfest
Red Wagon Cafe in Shafter
Dreamstar Lines: SF-LA Overnight Rail?
Area Railroading Opportunities
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January 12, 2024

https://ccrrf.com/ccrrf-announcements-email-240112.html

Content:
Festival Sponsorship Opportunities
Festival Participation Opportunities
Pacific Coast RR Seeks Recruits/Volunteers
Muzeo Express through 1/28/24
SLORRM Wine/Rail Excursions 2024
Friends of SMVRR Work Days 2024
Photo Essay of the Jingle Bell Express
Great Train Show Ventura and San Jose
Bakersfield Train Show March 2-3
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
Santa Susana Depot Updates
CCRRF Thank Yous Throughout the Years
Area Railroading Opportunities
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Check out today’s Central Coast Railroad Festival Announcement Email. Click here. Contents:

Friends/SMVRR Holiday Event This Thursday 12/14/23
Garden Railroad at Atascadero Zoo This Saturday 12/16/23
SLO Railroad Museum Announces 2024 Excursion Schedule
Last-Minute Gift Shopping
Norgrove Seeks a Welder/Fabricator
BSA Railroading Merit Badge Day
SLORRM Winter Newsletter Available
Santa Visited the SLO Railroad Museum
Year-End Giving
LA Rail Charters
Orange County Train Parks/Museums
CRP&A Photo Contest: Conveyance
2024 NMRA National Convention Long Beach, CA
Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner
California Railroad Radio Frequencies
Area Railroading Opportunities
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Check out today’s Central Coast Railroad Festival Announcement Email. Click here. Contents:

• PCRR’s Jingle Bell Express
• 3D Technology Restoring Railroad History
• Upcoming at the SLO Railroad Museum
• SMVRR Friends Announce Photo Winners
• Holidays at the Jack House
• Chanukah Train in Santa Cruz
• SP 244 Caboose Now on Display Track
• SLO Railroad Museum’s People Tracker
• San Juan Capistrano’s Ghost Train
• RailPAC Annual Meeting November 18th
• 2024 SPH&TS Convention
• 2024 UPHS Convention
• 2024 PCR-NMRA Convention
• Map Links Added to SLORRM Resources
• 150+ California Trains in 1 Hour

To Shiny Rails sponsored last year’s San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum’s first annual (hopefully) Photo Contest. Below is the 1st Place photo. The rest of the winners and honorable mentions can be seen here.

First Place
Photo by ERIC PETERSON
Taken March 20, 2022 Location: Gaviota, CA. “Put the Coast in Starlight”: Amtrak 14(20) skirts along bluffs above the Pacific Ocean. Seen in the background are the Gaviota pier, the Gaviota trestle, and the semi-green rolling hills of the Coast Range. Running along the ocean and the coastal areas, in general, gives the train its name: the Coast Starlight.

We had a great time at Norgrove Railway today. I won an auction item at the SLO Railroad Museum for a private tour of Norgrove which we managed to squeeze in while we were in California. It’s a brand-spankin’ new 600mm (just under 2′) gauge railroad being built near Highway 101 that winds through a vineyard and citrus orchard, focusing on superbly refurbished railroad equipment including a WWI trench engine. They’re working on the last 10% of the mainline which includes a bridge over a small ravine.