CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST GARDEN RAILROAD SOCIETY

CLOSED: MNL Railroad
2024-10-04 | MNL Railroad, 135 Big Canyon Court, Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420-5101, United States
This location will not be open as scheduled for the 2024 Central Coast Railroad Festival. Please visit other garden railroads in the adjacent Arroyo Grande area.
The MNL Railroad is a free-lance railroad sited on sloping terrain overlooking the picturesque Arroyo Grande Creek Valley. This garden railroad measures 80 ft. x 80 ft. with 700 ft. of track plus sidings. It features three swale-spanning bridges, a covered trestle with three tracks including a 70-ft. long storage track within the “mountainside”, a 13 ft. x 20 ft. lake fed by a waterfall that the train runs behind, a mountain/canyon section, and a large industrial area. Recent additions include several town street and park scenarios and dozens of scale figures. A separate upper track spans a large canyon on a suspension bridge.
See a detailed description of the MNL Railroad here.

The Californian Premiere Open Day
2024-09-21 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | S & P Californian, 873 Via Seco, Nipomo, CA, 93444-5426, United States
Paul and Shuri Patterson will host an Octoberfest event where there will be an opportunity to run your battery operating trains around their garden layout. There is also a HO layout that runs DC only trains. There will be plenty of parking spaces available in front of their house and neighborhood.

As the theme is Octoberfest feel free to bring your favorite adult beverage and German or otherwise food dish to share. Feel free to dress to the theme. Plaid shirts will fit the theme.

Paul and Shuri will be providing brats, beer pretzel bites and sauerkraut. Chuck and Judith are providing apple strudel.

Membership Meeting
2024-09-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Communications
Join us online or by phone for information about on-going projects and upcoming events while visiting with your favorite garden railway hobbyists.
Members will receive a meeting invitation and agenda via email prior to the meeting. Want to test your Zoom connection before the meeting? Just send us a request at: contact@cccgrs.org.
Not a member yet? We have been waiting for you to join us!

Garden Trains Display
2024-09-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Historic Jack House & Gardens, 536 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401, United States
We invite you to enjoy a operating display of garden trains in the beautifully landscaped gardens surrounding the historic Jack House in San Luis Obispo. The Jack House is a unique piece of California’s elegant and colorful past which will transport visitors back to the Victorian era. The Jack family holds history with some of the most prominent players in the drama of Central California development.
This special event will provide guests with a preview of some of the model railways to be featured in the 2024 Central Coast Railroad Festival.

September Luncheon
2024-09-04 11:30 - 13:30 | Beda’s Biergarten German Restaurant, 3230 Broad Street #130, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401, United States
The Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society members and friends meet monthly to socialize and share a good meal with friends and colleagues. Attendees connect with local hobbyists, learn information important for the success of your garden railroad, and discover new opportunities, while supporting local small businesses.
Guests are always welcome, but please let us know in advance if you plan to attend. We would like to include you in reservation we provide to the restaurant prior to our visit.
Contact us at contact@cccgrs.org for more details about this month’s CCCGRS luncheon.

A&M Railroad Train Run
2024-08-24 11:00 - 15:00 | A & M Railroad, 4969 Coughlin Way, Santa Maria, CA, 93455-5035, United States
Mark and Sheila Goodman have extended an invitation to the A & M Railroad in scenic Orcutt. This local favorite backyard large scale layout bring the trains up close and personal.
The A & M Railroad consists of two separate large-scale layouts. The original layout has been reconfigured into an 80-ft. oval featured in the center of the garden. In 2021, following 16 months of construction, the new 193-ft. triple main line was completed. This impressive layout is raised 30 inches from ground level for ease of operation and viewing. All three lines cross an arch top drawbridge allowing operators to access the center of the layout. Kit and kit-bashed structures, details and figures are distributed throughout creating unique scenes to delight visitors.
For this Train Run event, guests are encouraged to bring their live steam and battery powered large scale trains to operate.
The Goodman’s will generously provide snacks, dessert and drinks.

Southern Regional Garden Railroad Get-Together
2024-08-23 - 2024-08-25
Two days of garden railroad layout tours with an additional vendor hall day in Duluth, Georgia hosted by the Georgia Garden Railway Society.
Check back for more details regarding this event.

CANCELED: West Coast Regional Meet
2024-08-10 - 2024-08-15
This event has been canceled by the organizers. More details can be found at: https://sdgardenrailway.com/west-coast-regional-meet/

August Luncheon
2024-08-07 11:30 - 13:30 | Rancho Nipomo BBQ, 108 Cuyama Ln, Nipomo, CA, 93444, United States

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden - Free Day
2024-07-14 10:00 - 14:00 | San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California, 93405, United States
Large scale trains running on display at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden!
El Chorro Regional Park charges a $3 per vehicle admission fee on weekends and holidays from April through September. Parking lots are located directly across from the garden.

Charles Paddock Zoo Ice Cream Zoofari Train Display
2024-07-13 17:30 - 20:00 | Central Coast Zoo, 9305 Pismo Avenue, Atascadero, CA, 93422, United States
Cool down on a warm summer evening at the Charles Paddock Zoo (Atascadero) while you enjoy a our special garden railroad layout as part of the popular annual Ice Cream Zoofari event.
Set-up: 3:30-5:30 PM
Ice Cream Zoofari Festivities: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

July Luncheon
2024-07-03 11:30 - 13:30 | Shell Beach Brewhouse, 1527 Shell Beach Road, Pismo Beach, CA, 93449, United States

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden - Free Day
2024-06-09 10:00 - 14:00 | San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California, 93405, United States
Join us during our first garden train display at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden! All the trains you love to watch will be joined by a special group of eggliners decorated as butterflies and bees for this seasonal Pollinator Event. Of course, we have a ladybird beetle joining the group as well.
El Chorro Regional Park charges a $3 per vehicle admission fee on weekends and holidays from April through September. Parking lots are located directly across from the garden.

June Luncheon
2024-06-05 11:30 - 13:30 | Paso Robles Brewing Company, 201 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA, United States

Mountain View Railroad Train Run
2024-05-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Mountain View Railroad, 1905 View Drive, Santa Ynez, CA, 93460, United States
Join us for a special train run in the Santa Ynez Valley, with a sweeping vista of the Figueroa and Grass Mountains, at the Mountain View Railroad – a garden railroad where working G-gauge model trains navigate through sculpted miniature forests to delight the child within. Meandering through the walkways surrounded by 700 dwarf Alberta spruce and redwood trees, a visitor is transported into a Disneyesque environment with miniature trains making their way through forests, over bridges, by custom-built buildings and around a koi pond, with whistles signaling their passage. Don has a life-size caboose, which he built himself. It houses an authentic caboose seat, which holds a huge, serenading animatronic bear. In the garden stands a line shack that also was designed and built by Morgan with the help of his gardener. It is constructed out of uneven wood planks, and it is a favorite spot to sit and take in the expansive view, both of the mountains and of the garden railway. Don has a railroad lamp and lantern collection plus an operating wigwag and Griswold crossing devices.
Members are encouraged to bring both battery and track powered trains for this event. Guests should bring a lunch to enjoy and a dessert to share with others. Water and other drinks will be provided for your enjoyment.
Read more about Don Morgan’s Mountain View Railroad here.

May Luncheon
2024-05-01 11:30 - 13:30 | G Brothers Smokehouse, 885 East Foothill, San Luis Obsipo, CA, 93405, United States

Rescheduled: Membership Meeting
2024-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Video Communications

Monarch & Sand Railroad Train Run
2024-04-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Monarch & Sand Railroad, 480 Dixson Street, Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420, United States
Children can appreciate the M&SRR while they happily play with livestock and tractors in our farm diorama and with clowns and attractions in our circus diorama. (They will not be allowed to play in our planned toxic derailment diorama.) Adults can enjoy our Airwire-controlled locomotives from walkways or from our patio, as the trains circulate on 300 ft. of track, consisting of a mainline, a yard, a loop, a wye, and an agricultural siding. Listen for our Western-Cullen-Hayes No. 333 Crossing Bell! Watch the M&SRR High Flyer! Note: Our recently landscaped yard features decomposed granite paths. Anyone needing to avoid them can come through our house. There are no steps. We look forward to seeing you!
See a detailed description of the MNL Railroad here.

April Luncheon
2024-04-03 11:30 - 13:30 | Blast 825 Brewery – Orcutt, 241 South Broadway, Orcutt, 93455, United States

M&M on Main Street
2024-03-16 11:00 - 15:00 | M & M on Main Street Railroad, 250 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA, 93442-2715, United States
Mel and Marilyn Wammack will host their first train run for the Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society at the M & M on Main Street Railroad. This coastal garden railroad has been featured during both the 2023 Post-National Garden Railroad Convention and Central California Coast Railroad Festival Tours.
The M & M on Main Street Railroad consists of a large irregular shaped oval with approximately 225 ft. of track divided into a single main with three by-pass tracks. Minimum and maximum radius of the curves are 2 ½ ft. and 3 ft., respectively. Several scratch-built structures, including houses, movie theater and retail shops have been added to honor their 14 grandchildren, 4 children and their spouses. Each engine is battery powered and radio controlled. To accommodate the various elevation of the yard, there are two, not yet complete, (but functional), trestle loops, and a ten-foot bridge.

March Luncheon
2024-03-06 11:30 - 13:30 | Bon Temps Creole Cafe, 1819 Osos Street, San Luis Obsipo, CA, 93401, United States

Great Train Show, Ventura CA
2024-02-17 - 2024-02-18
More details regarding this event can be found at: https://www.greattrainshow.com/

February Luncheon
2024-02-07 11:30 - 13:30 | Taco Temple – Morro Bay, 2680 North Main Street, Morro Bay, CA, 93442, United States
