To Shiny Rails

The Central Coast Railroad Festival announced its initial detailed schedule for the 2023 Festival this Fall, October 6-8, 2023. Click here for the Announcement Email. These are the contents:

Detailed CCRRF Schedules Posted
Oceano Depot: Seabreeze Market (June 17)
Halter Ranch Railroad Joins the Festival
G-Scale Tour on Central Coast (July 10-11)
Friends of SMVRR Photo Contest
Union Pacific Historical Society Convention (July 19-22)
Speeder “Photo Booth” at SLO Railroad Museum
Another Speeder Inside at the Museum
SLO Railroad Museum Photo Contest
Track Repairs at California State Railroad Museum
2023 CCRRF Participants – So Far
Sponsorships Available for 2023 CCRRF
Area Railroading Opportunities
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I’ve got a few photos from the 2021 Central Coast Railroad Festival posted on the CCRRF website. Here’s the index: https://ccrrf.com/photo-index.html.

The grands and I spent today checking out a couple venues during the Central Coast Railroad Festival, specifically the SLO Railroad Museum and the Oceano Depot/SLO Model Railroad Association.

Jack Hutchinson and I teamed up today to do this Chat on the Central Coast Railroad Festival (CCRRF) over the years. Jack showed a video of model layout clips from 2016 through 2019 and narrated live over it. I shared some pictures and stories of events and participants starting in 2009. Even Curtis Reinhardt, founder of the CCRRF, had forgotten about some I dug up. Good thing I have photos! A link to a recording of this online session can be found here.

The San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum (SLORRM) joined up with the SLO Art After Dark program to exhibit painters, photographers, and videographers of railroad-themed works. And there was a slideshow there of my photos. Fabulously successful event for the Museum! That’s my slideshow running in the upper-right portion of the photo. Here’s the SLORRM webpage.

I gave a talk on the SMVRR at the SLO Railroad Museum on Saturday morning. I also gave a talk Thursday evening at the SLO Library entitled “Railroading Galore in the Greater SLO Area” (PDF of the slides). All the photos, schedule, etc. are still available at the CCRRF website. I particularly enjoyed the participation by the Jack House and the SLO History Center.