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Sections Below: General Information about the Santa Maria Valley SMVRR Rolling Stock Photos and Information Local Area Railroading California Railroading Other Modelers of the Area's Railroads Other Railroad Link Lists and Directories [The schematic diagram to the right is copyrighted 2002 by R. Ruesch. This and other drawings can be found at www.engineshop.org. Other drawings can be found at the Railroad Paint Shop.] General Information about the Santa Maria Valley Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum City of Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor and Conference Bureau A short essay Fast Facts about the SM Valley SM Valley Economic Development Association "Historic Santa Maria" Brief history of Guadalupe Santa Maria Capt. Hancock flies by No. 21 (art) Santa Maria Arts Council Santa Maria Times (daily newspaper) Santa Maria Sun (weekly newspaper) Strawberry Web: Santa Maria Valley, California Web Index Santa Maria Town Center Mall [Back to the Top] SMVRR Rolling Stock Photos and Information Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company (official site - under construction) SMV No. 21 (being restored by the Astoria Railroad Preservation Association; see their Photo Journal for a series of No. 21 pictures) photos available for purchase SMV steam locomotive No. 1000 SMV Railbus 9 SMV No. 1000 SMV No. 100 SMV No. 1000 SMV equipment on the Nevada Northern & Railroads of White Pine County SMV equipment surviving in Oregon SMV Roster of existing SMV locos Rutland caboose, SMVRR No. 200 SMVRR caboose No. 210 sits at the Amtrak station in Guadalupe, CA. Caboose No. 180 is being restored here SMV GE 70-ton paint scheme (schematic, yellow background) SMV GE 70-ton paint scheme (schematic, green background) SMV GP9 No. 1801 photos Street car No. 42 in the Betteravia feedlots [Back to the Top] Local Area Railroading Pacific Coast Railway Images (from the 2004 National Narrow Gauge Convention) CoastRails.com "The Railway and Nipomo" railroad radio frequencies South Coast Railroad Museum (Goleta, CA) Pacific Coast Railway Pacific Coast Railroad (Santa Margarita Ranch) South Pacific Coast RR San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum Drawbridge Lowdown SPCRR Day Trip up the Coastline 1/27/01 Amtrak Station, Guadalupe, CA Ventura County Railroad: similar in size/operation to the SMVRR Dan's Depot: San Luis Obispo and the Coast Line San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 7.5" gauge live steamers in Nipomo, CA The Pacific Coast Railway: Central California's Premier Narrow Gauge: book review (published about 1998) [Back to the Top] California Railroading   Operation Lifesaver: California, National Let's Talk Trains radio talk show premiers July 6, 2002 Joshua Tree & Southern Railroad Club & Museum Private Car Srevice: Your private railroad car and crew await... Sacramento Northern Online National Railway Historical Society Central Coast Chapter, Santa Clara, CA Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum: Photographs, stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad. The Birth of California's Narrow Gauge Railroads California State Railroad Museum Golden Gate Railroad Museum California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC) Kern Junction Railroad Photo Gallery Lomita Railroad Museum San Diego Railroad Museum San Diego Electric Railway Association Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Historical Society Burlington Northern Santa Fe Southern Pacific Transportation Company Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society California Railroad Attractions Central California Rails Amtrak California Train Riders Association of California (TRAC) Western Pacific Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society California Transportation History : Internet Resources/Railroads Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California Orange Empire Railway Museum Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society (NWPRRHS) Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Southern California Chapter, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Southern California Scenic Railway Association Travel Town Museum (Griffith Park, Los Angeles) Golden State Railfan San Francisco Cable Car Museum Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society The Santa Susana Railroad Historical Society California Railroad Attractions [Back to the Top] Other Modelers of the Area's Railroads Pacific Coast RR (in progress) Alvin All-Star Railroad: a modeling, history, social studies, and science project for a third grade classroom Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad Gold Coast Modular Railroad Club (Ventura) Railroading On The South Coast (Santa Barbara and Goleta) Silcon Valley Lines (San Jose) California Southern Model Railroad Club (Norwalk) The Golden Gate Model Railroad Club [Back to the Top] Other Railroad Link Lists and Directories CSX Dictionary of Railroad Terms Dictionary of Railroad Terms Railroad Lingo RailroadRadio.net: Live Railroad Radio Communications RailroadData.com: over 4,000 railroad links and newsletter Rail Serve: Over 7,000 rail-related links, search engine, free classified ads, BBS, Train Simulator Add-Ons, ICQ List, and more! The Information Train Station Railroad Links Directory NMRA's Directory of World Wide Rail Sites Railroad Links (The North American Railroad Terminal) The Railfan Network Rails USA W&H Interchange Yard: Railroad Link Listing Rails Canada Open Directory Project: Search results for "railroad" Yahoo: Search results for "railroad" International Railway Links (from Train Net Forum on Compuserve) Routes International: Rail Railroad Links & Search Page Freightworld: Railroads RailSearch.com Railroad Related Web Sites Railroad Information Online Cyberspace World Railroad The Regional & Short Line Railroads Web Page: Links Steam Locomotives Railway Technical Web Pages National Academy of Railroad Sciences Railroad.Net: news, forums, glossary, reporting marks [Back to the Top] Links contributed by: Bruce Morden (read his paper: Santa Maria Valley Railroad: Shortline on California's Central Coast) Jamie Foster [Back to the Top]