"Live Steam" Clubs and Railroads

All "Live Steam" clubs and railroads are invited to submit the following information that we will post on this page:

Send and e-mail to the webmaster With the following information.

  • Club / Railroad name
  • URL
  • Gauge(s) (7½", 7¼", 4¾", 3½", etc.)
  • Length of main line (in feet)
  • Notable features (12 words or less)
  • City, State and Country

Alaska Live Steamers
7½" gauge
7,250' main line
Wasilla, Alaska, USA
Assiniboine Valley Railway
7½" gauge
3,600’ main line and over 1 mile of track with eight passing sidings. Dual durection, steam and diesel.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Bitter Creek Western
7½" gauge
6,300' main line, three bridges, three trestles, and four tunnels on 7+ acres.
Arroyo Grande, California, USA
B.C. Society of Model Engineers
7½" gauge
12,300+' main line, 3½", 4¾", 5" raised track in planning stage.
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Cardiff Model Engineering Society
7¼", 5", 3½", and Gauge 1.00 gauges
1,000' main line, ground and raised level tracks. Also 18in. Electric Tram.
Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom
Chula Vista Live Steamers
7 1/2" Gauge. 6000+' mainline.
Located in sunny San Diego with many other attractions for the family.
Chula Vista, California, USA
Golden Gate Live Steamers
7½", 4¾", 3½", 2½" and G gauges
2,000' main line, oldest live steam club in America.
Berkeley, California, USA
Houston Area Live Steamers
7½", 4¾", and GA 1 gauges
4,700' mail line, year round operation, 13 miles from Houston, electric hookups for RV's.
Hockley, Texas, USA
Indiana Live Steamers
7½" gauge.
14,000' main line, central Indiana layout on 34 acres.
Edinburgh, Indiana, USA
Kern County Live Steamers
7½" gauge.
1400 foot + 300 foot Y
Murray Family Farms 15 miles east of Bakersfield, Ca.
Klamath & Western Railroad
7½" gauge.
12,000' main line, located adjacent to TM, pine trees, tunnel, bridge, turntable, yards.
Chiloquin, Oregon USA
Largo Central Railroad, Inc.
7½" gauge
5,000+' main line track with numerous passing sidings in Largo Central Park.
Largo, Florida, USA
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
7½", 4¾" and 3½" gauges.
7½" -- 8,000' main line, three tunnels, 395' of steel and concrete bridges.
4¾" -- 3,370' track total.
3½" -- 2,050' track (dual gauge with the 4¾" track).
Los Angeles, California, USA
Maidstone Model Engineering Society
3½'' and 5" gauge 1900' raised aluminium track Founded in 1929. Track completed in Mote Park 1950.
Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom. 
Manitoba Live Steamers and Model Engineers Association
7½", 5", 4¾", 3½" and 2½" gauges
1,100' track, wooded area with creek, clubhouse and
caboose on site.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Maricopa Live Steamers
7½" gauge
Just under 14 miles of track with 5 main loops and growing each year.
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
North London Society of Model Engineers
7½", 5", 3½ and 2½" gauges.
1/2 mile in length
Colney Heath, North London
Orange County Model Engineers
7½" gauge
14,000' track on 40+ acres of undeveloped park land.
Costa Mesa, California, USA
Pacific Beach & Summit Railroad
7½" gauge
1,250' track; work in progress, intial loop completed within one year, 2% ruling grade.
Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Pietermaritzburg Model Engineering Society (PMES)
7¼", 5" and 3½" gauges.
1,600' track, ground level, open first Sunday every month, Braai (barbeque) areas.
Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
Riverside Live Steamers
7½" gauge.
5,000+' track, several sidings a trestle and 20 steaming bays.
Riverside, California, USA
Rocky Mountain Rails
7½" and 4¾" gauges
2,000' track, big expansion project in 2003-04 to double our trackage!
Denver, Colorado, USA
Sacramento Valley Live Steamers
7½" and 4¾" gauges
7½" -- 6,300', scenic ride through park next to river, with trees, trestles and bridges.
4¾" -- 1,700'
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
Sagebrush Short Line Railroad
7½" gauge
4,000', 17 switches, 2 trestles, a bridge, a 13½' hydraulic lift and 4 steaming bays.
Ridgecrest, California, USA
7 1/4 Inch Gauge Society - sevenandaquarter.org
7 1/4" (and 7 1/2") gauge.
An international society for all people interested
in our gauge.
Cheltenham, UK
Southern California Live Steamers, Inc.
7½" gauge
1,200' track, run day - first Sunday of each month (11:00 am to 3:00 pm).
Torrance, California, USA
St Albans & District Model Engineering Society
5" and 3½" gauges
850' main line, raised track, and a short tunnel.
St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Stormpolder Krimpen (SK)
7¼", 5", 3½" and gauge 1 (45mm) gauges
1,500' main line, builders and drivers of locomotives and traction engines.
a/d IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Train Mountain Railroad Museum
7½" gauge
67,300+' main line on over 2,000 acres of Ponderosa Pine forest.
Chiloquin, Oregon, USA
Vancouver Island Model Engineers
7½", 5", 4¾" and 3½" gauges
4,800' main line, starting an expansion that will triple our mainline run.
Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada
Veterans Memorial Railroad
2' gauge(s)
2,700' expanding to 6000'+ main line,
Bristol, Florida, USA
Ventura County Live Steamers
7½" gauge
Searching for a new location
Lost our lease in Fillmore, California, USA