Festival Information Headquarters ONLY (no special activities or exhibits). Regular admission: $5/adult, $3/child (4-15), members free. The Central Coast Model Railroad will be open.
 

1. Museum Opens, $5/adult, $3/child (4-15), members free
2. Operation Lifesaver table
3. Model Layout Open (CCMR)
4. Bob Wilson's hands-on model railroad layout
5. Music by South Street Roundhouse on the Platform
6. Railroad Vendors and Displays on the Platform
7. Trackside demonstrations
8. Kids' Train Table and Play Area
9. G-scale Layout on the platform by Will Kastner, member CCCGRS 10. EPIC (Engineering Possibilities in College) display of output from Glen Matteson's summer program at Cal Poly, Light Rail Transit Route Design Lab
 

Presentation to Winning Photographers, see the Photo Contest Winners
 

Presentation: "Freight Car Placards" by Bob Chaparro. The history and use of freight car placards up to the use of United Nations hazardous materials numbers in the mid-1980s.
 

Railroad BBQ Co., food service until 2pm. Payments accepted: cash, Venmo, and Velle. No credit cards.
 

Presentation: THE SAN LUIS OBISPO & SANTA MARIA VALLEY RAILROAD #1, THE "AVILA" - THE FIRST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TO ARRIVE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO (8-8-1876). A short historic presentation and the unveiling/donation of the 1/10th scale locomotive model built by Jack Erhart, Modeler and Donor, and Brad LaRose, SLORRM Curator. Immediately following will be a short second presentation and the unveiling of a major Pacific Coast Railway Locomotive #101 historic artifact. Brad LaRose, SLORRM Curator, and donor Robert Sponsel and Patricia Chidlaw.
 

Wine Tasting in La Cuesta, while supplies last. Enfold Wines will be tasting their award-winning 2015 GSM (Grenache/Syrah/Mourvedre). For more information about Enfold's history and philosophy, visit the Enfold Wines website. La Cuesta is the 1926 Pullman Observation car alongside the platform.
 

Today's Amtrak Train Activity just off the Museum platform
12:39pm Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner northbound arrives
3:11pm Amtrak's Coast Starlight southbound arrives/departs
3:37pm Amtrak's Coast Starlight northbound arrives/departs
4:22pm Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner southbound departs
 

Presentation: "Why the SPRR Chose SLO" by Marilyn Darnell, local historian and author. She'll shed light on how the Southern Pacific Railroad was convinced to whistle their way into SLO on May 5, 1894, the festivities that followed, and what rail service meant for the community, the state, and the nation. In 2019 the History Center of SLO County presented Marilyn Darnell the Award for Preservation as Jack Family Biographer and Preservation Volunteer for her Local History Scholarship. She presently volunteers as the Historian of the Octagon Barn for the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo that was built in 1906. Marilyn is busy documenting the more than 100 years of dairy history of San Luis Obispo County and has just released a book on the subject called "When San Luis Obispo was COW HEAVEN" that is for sale today and she would be happy to sign it for you.
 

Pickup pre-ordered BBQ Dinners and Online Auction Winnings, ends promptly at 4pm. Details...
 

CCRRF Coloring Contest Winner Drawing, contest details. Congratulations to Quinn A.!
 

Museum Closes
 

Festival Information Headquarters ONLY (no special activities or exhibits). Regular admission: $5/adult, $3/child (4-15), members free. The Central Coast Model Railroad will be open.