The Museum is located at 1940 Santa Barbara Ave, San Luis Obispo, about 2.5 miles from convention hotel. The Museum is open 10am to 4pm. Admission to the museum is $5. For much more information see the Museum’s web page at https://slorrm.com

Located in the 1894 Southern Pacific Freight House, the museum houses exhibits of all phases of railroading.

There is a collection of vintage rail cars next to the museum including a tank car, a flat car, a Southern Pacific beet gondola, a 1926 Pullman observation lounge, two narrow gauge boxcars, and a 20-ton Plymouth gas locomotive.

Inside there is a large HO scale model railroad layout depicting the Southern Pacific during the 1950’s from Santa Margarita to Guadalupe. Included on the layout is the narrow gauge Pacific Coast Railway to the pier at Avila Bay.

The freight house was restored through community efforts and the City of San Luis Obispo with a dedication when completed in 2013.

Located between the Amtrak station and the site of the Southern Pacific yards, the museum is a perfect spot to watch the Amtrak passenger trains with the Pacific Surfliner arriving from the south at 12:39pm and departing back south at 4:12pm. In between the two Coast Starlights go through town at 2:52pm and 3:24pm.