Guests from around the world were afforded a rare opportunity to enjoy five CCCGRS member garden railroads over a single October weekend as part of the 2019 Central Coast Railroad Festival.
Special thanks to Bob Chaparro, Geoff Clinton, Heather Clinton, Mark Edwards, Michelle Edwards, Lucinda Eileen, Richard Harvey, Dave Hayes, Judy Hayes, Lori Hays, Mark Hays, Charles Jordan, Will Kastner, John Phillips, Richard Wajda, Julie Wajda, and Walt Wajda for their time, talents and generosity toward making this year’s event a resounding success.
Want more details on the layouts featured in the 2019 Central Coast Railroad Festival? Many are describe in our garden railroad portfolio.
Make plans today to visit the Central California Coast Garden Railroads during the 2020 Central Coast Railroad Festival.
CCCGRS welcomes the Monarch & Sand Railroad as Will Kastner and Lucinda Eileen debut their garden railroad to the Central Coast Railroad Festival (Bob Chaparro, image). Will Kastner and Lucinda Eileen’s Monarch & Sand Railroad offers unique scenes, like this rural agricultural setting, which blend naturally into the established garden (Bob Chaparro, image).Model railroaders visiting the Central Coast Railroad Festival were exposed to a range of construction methods, include this robust roadbed supporting the Monarch & Sand Railroad on the sandy soils of Arroyo Grande, CA (Bob Chaparro, image).Local and out-of-the-region visitors shared their common interests in railroads, both model and prototypical, during a weekend of fun, sun and trains (Michelle Edwards, image)Steam, just like the big trains? Geoff and Heather Clinton enjoy introducing CCRRF guests to model trains powered by live steam, a unique twist on the garden railway hobby (Bob Chaparro, image).A quiet scene jumps to life with hisses and chuffs as a locomotive passes through town on the Orcutt & Islay Creek Railway (Bob Chaparro, image).Watching live steam locomotives pull a freight consist over the wooden trestle on Jeff and Heather Clinton’s Orcutt & Islay Creek Railway is always a special occasion for festival goers (Bob Chaparro, image).CCRRF guests witness freight operations on a passing siding allowing passenger service to remain on schedule on Walt and Jluie Wajda’s J&W Railroad in Santa Maria, CA (Bob Chaparro, image)Large scale modern passenger service operates only a few miles away from the prototype on the J&W Railroad. All size trains are featured during the Central Coast Railroad Festival (Bob Chaparro, image).Long trains, operations and variable routes are features of Walt and Julie Wajda’s J&W Railroad (Bob Chaparro, image).Lake side camping, water sports, and fine retail shopping? Mark and Lori Hays have capture all this and more on the MNL Railroad (Bob Chaparro, image).This overview image illustrates only part of Mark and Lori Hays’ expansive MNL Railroad in Arroyo Grande, CA (Bob Chaparro, image).Strategic placement of bridges, tunnels and viaducts are part of the MNL Railroad’s unique track plan that captivates festival attendees each year (Bob Chaparro, image).Both children and adults visiting the Cascade Peak & Buena Vista Railway search for hidden clues, treasures and rewards as part of the layout’s every changing scavenger hunt (Michelle Edwards, image).The CP&BVRy Western Station is busy with activity during the 2019 Central Coast Railroad Festival (Mark Edwards, image).Still growing and developing, CCRRF guests are shown the stages of rockwork construction on the Cascade Peak & Buena Vista Railway in Santa Margarita, CA (Bob Chaparro, image).
2019 Central Coast Railroad Festival Highlights courtesy of Jack Hutchinson
