To Shiny Rails

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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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.

The Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad visited the Santa Maria Valley Historical Museum today for a private tour followed by lunch (of course) at The Swiss (just north of Main on Broadway). Photos: http://friends-smvrr.org/150221.html

The San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum held a fundraising event at the Pacific Coast Railroad (Santa Margarita Ranch) that featured rides on the Disney coaches as well as a multi-media presentation by Michael Campbell, President of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. Michael spoke about the development of the Disney railroad and Walt’s love for trains. Train rides were available both before and after the presentation on the historic former Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad “Retlaw1” passenger cars that were built in the Disney Burbank Studios and operated at Disneyland from 1955 to the early 1970’s. Proceeds from the event were for continued work on the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum in the old freight house near the SLO Amtrak station.

All the photos: http://www.jamie-foster-photography.com/Trains/120414-PCRR-Disney-Event/