Announcement Email

Back to the Index of Announcement Emails

September 17, 2022


Content
  • Detailed Schedules are Posted
  • Layout Tour Details Posted
  • BBQ Dinners and Online Auction
  • Friends Photo Contest - Still Time
  • CCRRF Coloring Contest and Goodie Bags During September at SLO Library Branches
  • Latest SLO Railroad Museum Newsletter
  • Meet Ella at Oceano Depot
  • Workin' on the Pacific Coast Railroad
  • "Rocks and Fossils" at Dana Adobe
  • Keep Those Cameras at the Ready
  • Thank You! 2022 CCRRF Sponsors
  • 2022 CCRRF Participants
  • Area Railroading Opportunities
  • Want Your News/Event Promoted?
  • Want to Subscribe?


CCRRF October 7-9, 2022


Detailed Schedules are Posted

SLO Railroad Museum (Festival Host).
Overall CCRRF Schedule (all venues, dates, times, etc.).
These two schedule pages adjust as the Festival approaches. Please check back as the time draws near.

Layout Tour Details Posted

The details of this year's CCRRF Model Railroad Layout Tour have been posted. Train layouts, public and private, are open at various times across four days, Thursday through Sunday of the Festival. There are about 34 layouts at 20 locations. Again, many thanks to Bob Chaparro and the Model Railroads of Southern California for organizing this annual self-guided tour. Detailed Tour (PDF).

BBQ Dinners and Online Auction

Pre-ordering for BBQ dinners (by Railroad BBQ Co) and Online Auction bidding are still open until early October. This is a fundraiser for the SLO Railroad Museum that culminates at the Festival. Details: BBQ, Auction

Friends Photo Contest - Still Time

You have until October 1st to get your photos submitted to the Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad's Photo Contest. The contest includes cash prizes up to $100 in two categories: Santa Maria Valley Railroad Present, and Manifest Freight Trains Serving the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. The deadline for submittals is October 1st. Details are here.

CCRRF Coloring Contest and Goodie Bags
During September at SLO Library Branches

Festival Coloring Contest Sheets and Festival Grab-n-Go Goodie Bags have been available at all SLO Library locations since September 1st. The prize in the Coloring Contest is round-trip Amtrak tickets for five people from SLO to Santa Barbara and back on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner. The deadline to submit a Coloring Sheet (at the Library locations) is September 30th. Ages 0-12. The winner will be drawn from all entries on October 8th at the SLO Railroad Museum at 2:15pm. A rail-guide for the SLO-SB trip is here. The full SLO Railroad Museum schedule for the Festival weekend is here.

Latest SLO Railroad Museum Newsletter

The San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum recently released the Fall 2022 issue of Coast Mail, their quarterly newsletter. That issue and all archived issues are available here (free).

Meet Ella at Oceano Depot

The Oceano Depot recently announced on their Facebook page their new resident kitty at the Depot and more specifically at Gavin's Dunite Cabin in the back. Read all about her on the Oceano Depot FB page. Note also that there is now a DiscoverOceano page on FB.

Workin' on the Pacific Coast Railroad

Check out recent photos and narrative about work going on at the Pacific Coast Railroad. It's all on the PCRR FB page (8/26/22 post).

"Rocks and Fossils" at Dana Adobe

On Sunday, October 2, 2022, Wayne Mills will give a talk, "The understanding of Rock and Fossils of the Central Coast" at the Dana Adobe and Cultural Center in Nipomo, at 1pm. Admission: $8, members free. Website.

Keep Those Cameras at the Ready

The deadline for the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum's Photo Contest has come and gone, but that's no reason to hang up the camera. We'd love to have you submit photos from the Central Coast Railroad Festival (any/all venues, any/all times) to the CCRRF's webmaster: webman@CCRRF.com. We'll put many of them on the CCRRF website, crediting the photographer. You're welcome to submit photos any time during or after the CCRRF weekend.

Thank You! 2022 CCRRF Sponsors

If you'd like to join this list, Contact Us.
KSBY-TV6
Major sponsor.
SLO New Times
Media sponsor.
Unitarian Universalists San Luis Obispo
We join with one another here, not around a single set of beliefs, but in shared promise and purpose. Supplying overflow parking for the SLO Railroad Museum on Saturday.
To Shiny Rails
Jamie Foster's blog of his railroading adventures; just for fun. Sponsor of the Coloring Contest Prize.
City of San Luis Obispo
Hosting the model layout at the Downtown SLO Library.
San Luis Obispo Library
Handing out Goodie Bags and Coloring Contest Pages across SLO County.

2022 CCRRF Participants

If you'd like to be on this list, confirm your participation by contacting: Conductor@CCRRF.com.


Area Railroading Opportunities

There's a plethora of railroading going on in our area (broadly speaking, in some cases). Check out this Index of Area Railroading. Be sure to check with any of interest to you to verify their open status and schedules.

Want Your News/Event Promoted?

Do you have a Central Coast railroad-related event or news item to add to our next broadcast email? It's free! And it doesn't have to be part of the Festival itself (could be any time throughout the year). Email the details to: addevent@ccrrf.com. The next planned issue date is October 1st. See the Announcements Index for past e-blasts.

Want to Subscribe?

If you want to be subscribed to this Announcement Email list, go here. It's free.


Follow us on Facebook!

 
To Top of Page
Central Coast Railroad Festival
Hosted by the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
Copyright © CCRRF 2009-Present, All Rights Reserved
Web design by Free Website Templates;
Modified/implemented by Jamie Foster