San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum

The museum’s rolling‑stock collection includes the 1926 Pullman observation‑lounge car “La Cuesta,” Southern Pacific bay‑window caboose No. 1886, a 1903 Southern Pacific steel tank car, a steel gondola with wood side extensions, a 1949 Southern Pacific F‑70‑7 flatcar, a 20‑ton Plymouth switching locomotive (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers No. 2038), Pacific Coast Railway boxcar No. 706 (now housing restrooms), a Pacific Coast Railway 1200‑series boxcar, a Southern Pacific Class C‑30‑1 wood‑sided cupola caboose, a Southern Pacific Class B‑50‑13 boxcar, and two Pacific Motor Transport semitrailers awaiting restoration. A standard‑gauge display track runs along the east side of the restored 1894 Southern Pacific Freighthouse, while a short narrow‑gauge track on the west side supports a model railroad that reproduces the three‑foot‑gauge Pacific Coast Railway at Port San Luis circa 1920 and the standard‑gauge Southern Pacific Coast Line from Surf to Paso Robles, including the Cuesta Grade crossing.