Riding Scale Railroads in the US

Clubs, Private and Parks

 

Railroad Listing Updates
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We have added an additional bit of information to the railroad listings, “Number of Members”.  Please browse through the listings and if you find your railroad needs updating,  Let us know. Of the almost 600 railroads listed, there were many bad email links so not all have been reached by our staff.

 

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Unless the railroad you plan on visiting has an open invitation for the public to come, you should ALWAYS make contact prior to visiting.

Club listings researched and maintained by Rick Henderson of PC Rails

NEW FEATURE: Click any link in the Location column to open a map for that railroad.

State
Railroad/Group Location Gauge(s) Type # of Members Visit Policy Notes:
Alabama
Birmingham Live Steam & Diesel Birmingham TBA club   email Forming
Calera & Shelby Railroad Calera 24" & std. railroad   see website  
Tannehill Miniature Railway McCalla ?-15" park   see website  
Fairview Line at Fair Oaks Gadsden 12" private 2 email  
Wales West Light Railway Silverhill 7½" & 24" RV Park   see website  
Alaska
Alaska Live Steamers, Inc. Wasilla 7½" club   see website  
Arizona
Adobe Mountain Railroad Park           see Maricopa Live Steamers
African Safari Train Litchfield Park 16" park   see website  
Arizona & Pacific Railroad Peoria 16" private 2 see website  
Freestone Railroad Gilbert 16" park   see website  
Flagstaff Coconino & Western Railroad Flagstaff 7½" private   see website  
Maricopa Live Steamers North Phoenix 7½" club   see website  
McCormick/Stillman RR Park           see: Scottsdale Live Steamers
Paradise and Pacific Railroad   Scottsdale 15" park 25 see website  
Scottsdale Live Steamers Scottsdale 7½" club   see website  
Yuma Territory Live Steamers Yuma 7½" club 13 see website New Club Forming
Arkansas
Crystal Ridge Railway Jessieville
[Hot Springs]
7½" private 1 email  
Ozark Mountain Railroad Clinton 7½" private 3 email  
Southern Railway Arkansas Subdivision unknown 7½" private   call 501-316-1979
Walden Too Railroad Dover 7½", 15" private   call 501-331-2030
California
American Flat Railroad and Mining Co. Fiddletown 7½" private   call 209-245-5719
B.A.D. Great Northern Railway Millville 15" private      
Balboa Park Miniature Railroad San Diego 16" park   see website  
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad Los Gatos 18" park 45 see website  
Bitter Creek Western Live Steam Railroad Arroyo Grande 7½" private   prior contact  
Calaveras Grandscale Railroaders Angles Camp 15" club   forming  
California City Live Steamers California City 4¾" & 7½" club      
Carolwood Pacific Railroad Los Angeles - Historical Society   see website  
Casa De Fruita Hollister 16" business   see website  
Castle Park Riverside 14" park   see website  
Chula Vista Live Steamers, Inc. Chula Vista 7½" club 55 see website  
Confusion Hill Mountain Train Piercey 20" park   see website  
Coyote Valley Railway Morgan Hill 7½" private   see website was 15" until 2006
El Dorado Express Long Beach 18" park   see website  
Emerald Hills Railway Redwood City 12" private 5 see website  
Folsom Valley Railway Folsom 12" park   see website  
Glenwood South Park & Pacific Santa Clara 15" private   see website  
Golden Gate Live Steamers Oakland 2½", 3½", 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Griffith Park & Southern Railroad Los Angles 7½, 18" park   see website  
Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Valley Sonora 15" private   see website  
Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad Reedley 15" private   see website  
Hudson Central Valley Railroad Sanger 7½" private   email first  
Irvine Park Railroad Orange 16" park   see website  
Joshua Tree and Southern Railroad Joshua Tree 7½" & 15" club   see website  
Kern County Live Steamers Bakersfield 7½" club   see website  
Littlerock, Lancaster Rail Line Littlerock 3½" private   by invitation  
Los Angeles Live Steamers Los Angeles 3½", 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Mackerel Flats & Goat Hill Junction RR     club     see: Orange County Model Engineers, Inc.
North Coast Live Steamers Fort Bragg 4¾" & 7½" club      
North Valley Live Steamers Oroville 7½" club      
Oak Mountain & Western Railroad Prather 7½" private 1    
Orange County Model Engineers, Inc. Costa Mesa 7½" club 180 see website  
Orland Newville & Pacific Railroad Orland 15" club 10 see website  
Oropond & Fruitlands Railroad Oroville 7½" private   by invitation  
Pacific Bill & Jamie Railroad Nipomo 7½" private   see website  
Palomar Mountain Railroad San Diego 360mm private   call 760-742-0299
Pixieland Amusement Park Concord ? park   see website  
Portola Valley & Alpine Railroad S. San Francisco 7½" private   call 650-364-8822
Redwood Empire Live Steamers Interactive Museum, Inc. Santa Rosa 7½" club   see website  
Redwood Valley Railroad Orinda 15" park   see website  
Reedyville Railroad Placerville 15" private   by invitation  
Ridgecrest Area Independent Live Steamers           see: Sagebrush Short Line Railroad
Riverside Live Steamers Riverside 7½" club 165 see website steam only
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum Rancho Cordova 4¾" & 7½" club   see website  
Sagebrush Short Line Railroad Ridgecrest 7½" private   see website  
San Martin Railroad San Martin 18" business   see website  
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes West Coast Division Oakhurst 7½" private   by invitation  
Santa Ana Zoo Train Santa Ana 14" zoo   see website  
Santa Rosa Live Steamers           see: Redwood Empire Live Steamers, Inc.
Santa Rosa Valley Railroad Camarillo 7½" club   email  
Sonoma Train Town Railroad Sonoma 15" park   see website  
Sonora Short Line Railway Sonora 12" private   see website  
South Coast Railroad Museum Goleta 7½" museum   see website  
Southern California Live Steamers, Inc. Torrance 7½" club   call 310-328-0236
Swanton Pacific Railroad Society Davenport 19" club   see website  
Sweetwater & Rohr Park Railroad           see: Chula Vista Live Steamers, Inc.
Temecula Shortline Temecula 7½" private 1 see website  
Timber Creek Railroad Nevada City 7½" private 1 see website  
Travel Town Museum Los Angles 7½" park   see website  
Trinity Alps Railroad Redding 15" private   see website  
Ventura County Live Steamers Fillmore 7½" club   see website  
Colorado
Black Forest And Squirrel Creek Railroad Colorado Springs 7½" private 2 email  
Casey's Silverstreak RR Estes Park 12" park      
Colorado Live Steamers Byers 3½", 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Comanche Crossing Live Steamers Strasburg 15" club   call 303-622-4793
Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad South Park 7½" private   call 719-548-8329
Denver Zoo's Pioneer Train Denver 15" zoo   see website  
Fowler Narrow Gauge Colorado Springs 7½" ?      
Greasewood Valley Railway Grand Junction 7½" private 2 email  
Jimmy Pacific and Colorado Falcon 7½" private      
Nickel Plate Railroad Redding 15" private   see website  
Northern Colorado Live Steamers Longmont ? club   call 303-772-5399
Pagosa Southern Railroad Pagosa Springs 7½" private   email  
Pikes Peak Region Live Steamers Colorado Springs 7½" club   call 719-963-0541
Rio Grande Midland Walsenburg 4¾", 7½" private   email  
Rocky Mountain Rails Denver 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Tiny Town Railroad and Village Tiny Town 15" park   see website  
Uncle Al's Train Denver 15" private   unknown  
Connecticut
Possum Central Railroad Groton 8¾" private   email portable layout
Delaware
Auburn Heights Yorklyn museum   see website  
Delaware Creek Live Streamers Newark ? club   call 302-383-0325
Florida
Altamonte Pass Railroad Altamonte Springs 7½" private 32 see website  
Big Boots and Western R.R Belleview 7½" private   see website  
Buckingham Central Railroad Ft. Myers 7½" private 30 see website  
Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad Shady Hills 7½" club   see website  
Florida Live Steamers           Information on up to 30 layouts in FL
Ft. Taylor & Southwestern Railroad Dutton Junction 7½" private   see website  
Lake Osborne, Hypoluxo and Sebring Railroad Sebring 7½" private   email  
Lakes Park & Gulf Railroad           see: Railroad Museum of South Florida
Largo Central Railroad Largo 7½" club   see website  
Manatee Central Railroad
[Manatee Family Lines]
Parrish 4¾", 7½" private   email  
Mosquito Junction & Western Railroad Brooksville 7½" club   email  
NE Florida Live Steamers & Railroaders, Inc. Bostwick 7½", 24" club 40 see website  
Railroad Museum of South Florida Ft. Myers 7½" club 20 see website  
Raspberry Gulch Shortline RR Ocklawaha 7½" private 3 see website
Ridge Live Steamers Dundee 7½" club 114 see website  
Sebring Southern Railroad Sebring 7½" private   email  
Sam's Fun City Pensacola 16" park   see website  
Tradewinds and Atlantic Railroad Coconut Creek 7½" club 70 see website  
Train Village         email see: Railroad Museum of South Florida
Veterans Memorial Railroad Bristol 24" park   see website  
West Tocoi & Bostwick Railroad           see: NE Florida Live Steamers & Railroaders, Inc
Georgia
Canton, St. Paul and Pacific Railway, Inc. Canton 7½" club 18 see website  
Fairfield Railroad Conyers 7½" private 8 email 770-388-0450
Joshua Valley Railroad Leesburg 4¾" private   email  
North Georgia Live Steamers, Inc. Conyers 7½" club   see website new track location
Hawaii
Hawaii Model Engineering Society Waianae 2½", 3½", 4¾", 7½" club      
Idaho
Inland Empire Live Steamers ? ? ?      
R&R Railroad Emmett 18" private   unknown  
Illinois
American Heritage Railroad Greenville 15" museum 45 see website  
Deerfield and Roundabout Railway Elgin 7½" club   see website  
Illinois Live Steamers Lockport 3½", 4¾", 7½" club 128 see website  
Lake Forest Live Steamers           see: Deerfield and Roundabout Railway
Little Toot Railroad Company Flora 15" private   see website  
Northwest Model Engineers Park Ridge ? ?      
Prairie State Railroad Club, Inc. Big Rock 7½" club 20 see website  
The Spring Creek Railroad Washington 7½" private 4 see website  
Waterman & Western Railroad Waterman 15" private   see website  
Western Illinois Railroad ? 7½" private   see website  
Indiana
Cinder Sniffers Inc. Dover 2½", 3½", 4¾", 7¼-7½" club   see website  
Hesston Steam and Power La Porte 7½", 14" museum ~100 see website  
Indiana Live Steamers Edinburgh 7½" club 49 see website  
New Unionville and Western Railroad Bloomington 7½" private 10 see website  
Old Wakarusa Railroad Wakarusa 15" park      
Pine Creek & Western Railroad Railroaders Rainsville 7½" club   see website  
Sett & Query Central           see: Hesston Steam and Power
Southern Indiana Live Steamers, Inc.           see: New Union and Western Railroad
Tri-State Locomotive Club           see: Tri-State Locomotive Club, MI
Walnut Creek Railroad Warsaw 4¾", 7½" private   call 574-269-1825
Walnut Creek & Southern Railroad Warsaw 4¾" private   call 219-267-3923
Washington Stage Depot La Porte 12", 14 1/8" private 2 see website 219-326-5184
Whitville Railroad Leesburg 7½" private 3 call or email 574-453-1640
Iowa
E. J. & K. Ry Ames 7½" private 15 see website  
Iowa Model Steam Engineers Mt. Pleasant 3½", 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Missouri Valley Parks Board Missouri Valley 12" park 12 see website  
Turkey Ridge Central Railway Toddville 7½" private 1 see website  
Shellrock Short Line Nora Springs 7½" private 1 see website  
Watson Station           see: Missouri Valley Parks Board
Kansas
Atchison & Western Railroad           see: North East Kansas Railroaders, Inc
BK and E Railroad Ellis 20" museum   see website  
C & H Railroad Tecumseh 12" private 12 see website  
Eastern Kansas Live Steamers Kansas City Area 3½", 4¾", 7½", 12" club 9 see website forming
Ellis Railroad Museum           see: BK and E Railroad
Midway USA Live Steamers Hutchinson 7½" club   call ?
North East Kansas Railroaders, Inc Atchison 12" club   forming  
Sertoma Miniature Train Emporia 16" park   see website  
Kentucky
Faith Garden Railroad Lancaster 7½" private 2 email under construction
Falls City Live Steamers
(Model Engineering Society)
Louisville 7½" club   see website  
Kentucky Railroad Club ? 3½", 4¾" club   forming  
Louisiana
R&R Train Company New Orleans 16" company   see website  
             
Maine
Boothbay Railway Village Boothbay 24" park   see website  
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum Portland 24" museum   see website  
Tall Pines Scenic Railroad Berwick 15" private 1 see website  
Washington County Railroad Cherryfield 7¼-7½" private   see website  
Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway Museum Alna 24" museum   see website  
Maryland
Applewood Farm Narrow Gauge Train Whiteford 24" private   see website  
Chesapeke & Allegeny Steam Preservation Society Baltimore 3½", 4¾", 7½" club   see website  
Chesapeke and Drayden Railroad Drayden 7½" private   call 301-994-1255
Smokey Joe RR Federalsburg 16" private   see website  
Massachusetts
Annisquam Scenic Railroad Gloucester 7¼" private   by invitation  
Cape Cod Live Steamers, Inc Carver 4¾", 7¼" club      
Charlton Railroad Charlton 7¼" private   call 508-829-6190
Pioneer Valley Live Steamers Southwick 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club   see website  
Waushakum Live Steamers Holliston 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club   see website  
Michigan
Ann Arbor Railroad Saginaw 7½" private   email  
Chicago & Southern Michigan Railroad Southern MI 7½" private   see website  
Evo's Folly Shortline Railroad Sault Ste. Marie 7½" private      
Great Lakes Live Steamers Royal Oak 7½" club   see website  
Great Lakes Live Steamers Southern Division Southgate 7½" club   see website  
Huron Valley Live Steamers Ann Arbor 7½" club      
Junction Valley Railroad Bridgeport 16" park 2 see website  
Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad Fairview 16" park   see website  
Michigan Central Railroad Metamora 7½" private      
Mid-Michigan Railroad Inc. Marshall 7½" park   see website  
Neathercut Central Railway Farwell 7½" private   email  
Pennsylvania Railroad, Pine Creek Subdivision - 7½" private   NA RR Removed in 2008
- In Storage
Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway Battle Creek 7½" private   see website  
Spirit of Traverse City Traverse City 15" park 6 see website  
Tri-State Locomotive Club   7½" private   call 616-381-4824
White Creek Railroad Cedar Springs 7½" private   see website  
Minnesota
Ortner RR
(Western MN Steam Threshers Reunion)
Rollag 7½" park   see website  
Pioneer Power Railroad Le Sueur 7½" club   see website  
Red Rock & Northern Railroad Austin 7½" private 5 see website  
Mississippi
             
Missouri
Arborway T.T. and Northwestern Steelville 15" private   see website  
Big Creek & Southern Railroad Pleasent Hill 7½" private   call 816-682-1189
Kansas City Northern Railroad Kansas City 16" park   see website  
Northview & Frisco Railroad Northview 12" private 2 see website  
Ozarks Live Steamers Fordland 7½" club   see website  
Rails of Fun St. Louis 12" business   see website portable for events
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad Pleasant Hill 4¾", 7½" private   call 816-540-3243
Rock Creek Railway Company Kearney 7½" private   call 816-628-4353
Rothwell Park Railroad Moberly 12" club 50 see website  
Shoal Creek, Lathrop and Northern Railroad N. Kansas City 7½" club   call 816-740-3766
St. Louis Live Steamers St. Louis 4¾", 7½" club 30 see website Brand new layout just completed August 2007
Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railway Glenco 12" club   see website  
Montana
Canyon Falls and Western Railway Seeley Lake 15" park   see website  
Nebraska
Burlington Little Line S. McCook 7½" private   call 308-345-5469
Camp Creek Railroaders Waverly 7½" club 30 see website  
Chippewa Northwestern Railway Co. Goehner 4¾" private 16 see website  
Stolley Park Railroad Grand Island 24" park   see website  
Nevada
Carson & Mills Park Railroad Carson City 24" park   see website  
Las Vegas Railroad Society Las Vegas 7½", 15" museum   see website Future railroad under development
Northern Nevada Live Steamers Gardnerville 7½" club      
New Hampshire
             
New Jersey
Centerville & Southwestern           see: Phillipsburg Railroad Historians
Iron Acres Railroad Wrightstown 7¼-7½" private   see website  
Jersey Shore Live Steam Organization New Gretna 7¼-7½" club 45 see website  
New Jersey Live Steamers Liberty Corner 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club 206 see website  
Pequannock Valley & Western Railroad Pequannock 7¼" private 9 email Forming - Under Construction
Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Phillipsburg 9-7/16 museum   see website  
South Jersey Live Steamers South Vineland ? club   call 856-845-9531
Tuckerton Railroad           see: Jersey Shore Live Steam Organization
White Coast Line Estell Manor 7½" private   email  
New Mexico
Alameda Park Narrow Gauge Railway           see: Toy Train Depot
Four Corners Live Steamers Farmington 7½" club   email 505-330-2973
Three Rivers Railroad           see: Four Corners Live Steamers
Toy Train Depot Alamogordo 16" park   see website  
New York
Adirondack Lives Steamers Saratoga Springs 7¼" club   see website  
Chautauqua Live Steamers Sinclairville ? club   call 716-962-3256
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Milford 18" RY Hist Soc.   see website  
Finger Lakes Live Steamers Clyde 4¾", 7¼" club 137 see website  
Long Island Live Steamers, Inc. Brookhaven 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club   see website  
MN&D Railroad Farmington 10" private   email portable for events
Mud Creek Central Railroad Rapids 7¼" private   see website  
Niagara Frontier Live Steamers Eden 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club      
Peconic County Miniature Railroad Long Island 16" private   call 616-477-2433
Tonawanda Creek Model Engineers Amherst 3½", 4¾", 7¼" club 50 email  
North Carolina
ACL Minature Railroad Greenville 7½" private   email  
Blue Ridge Summit Railroad Boone 7½" private   see website  
Central Carolina Live Steamers Apex 7½" private      
Hill Ridge Farms Express Youngsville 16" business   see website  
Hurley Train Station Salisbury 16" park   see website  
Mikram & Southern Live Steamers Winston-Salem 7½" private      
Iron Horse Express Williamston 24" park   see website  
Nottingham Hill Railway Murphy 7½" private 2 email  
Shelby Rotary Train Shelby 16" park   see website  
Soggy Bottom Railroad Whitakers 15" private 1 see website  
Triad Live Steam Club Inc.
Two locations
Farmington
Harrisburg
7½" club   see website  
North Dakota
Skyline Railway Hensler 4¾" private 5 email anyone with 4.75" equipment welcome
Ohio
Ashtabula, Cortland & Youngstown Railroad Williamsfield 12" private   email  
Alvada Two Footer Alvada 24" private   see website  
Bed & Breakfast Railroad Oregon 7½" private   see website  
Bluebird & Western Belpre 15" private      
Buckeye Rail Model Engineers Galion 7½" club   ?  
Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society Dayton 3½", 4¾", 7¼-7½" club   see website  
Central of Missouri Railway Co. North Royalton 7½" private 6 email  
Cinder Sniffers Inc.         er Sniffers Inc., IN  
Crawford County & Bucyrus Western Railroad Bucyrus 7½" museum   call 419-562-2345
Dublin & Grandville Western Railroad Columbus 7½" private      
First City Grand Scale Railroads Marietta 15" private      
Great Northern Ohio & Massillon Eastern Railroad Massillon 7½" private 14 email or call
330-309-5930
Lake Shore Live Steamers Kirtland 7½" club   see website  
Mill Creek Central Railroad Coshocton 7½" private   see website  
Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers Medina 3½", 4¾", 7½" club in park   see website  
Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, Inc. Findlay 15" museum   see website  
Northwestern Ohio Live Steamers Monclova 7½" private 16 email  
PA & W Railroad Sharon Center 7½" private      
Pretty Darn Close Railroad Russell 7½" private   see website  
Shandon & Okeana Shandon 15" private 2 see website RR at Diamond Car Works
Tri-State Locomotive Club           see: Tri-State Locomotive Club, MI