"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. 
Molalla Train Park Inc., Pacific Northwest Live Steamers
Gauge(s) (7½", (G-Scale(under construction)). Length of main line (4200).
Founded in 1954 on 4 wooded acres with brides & Lakes and lots of tree's
Molalla, Oregon 97038 3 miles east on the Molalla River in Shady Dell
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
Northeast Florida Live Steamers & Railroaders, Inc.
7½" and 24" gauges
About 3600 ft of 7½" and , about 8,000 ft of 24"
covered bridge, steaming bays, 4 crossings of 2ft track, covered station
Bostwick, Florida, USA
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
8,500' track (1,200' being added)
Open the first Sunday from 11am to 3pm and the third Saturday from 12pm to 3pm. every month plus the 4th of July.
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