Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum

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Date Posted	Additions/Updates
May 2, 2008	Post-election Board of Directors page is updated
April 2, 2008	Added Ken Kelley photos to the Choo Chew Sunday page
March 30, 2008	Posted Choo Chew Sunday
March 19, 2008	Posted the Mar-Apr 2008 [PDF, 170kb] issue of Train Orders
March 1, 2008	Posted the U.S. No. 1 Benefit Dinner and Auction, February 29, 2008
February 14, 2008	Posted the Jan-Feb 2008 [PDF, 231kb] issue of Train Orders
January 14, 2008	Updated the Events Page
December 8, 2007	Holiday Lionel Open House
November 25, 2007	Holiday Lionel Train Display opened 11/24/07.
October 18, 2007	Updated Phil Goble's page
October 5, 2007	Posted the Sep-Oct 2007 [PDF, 257kb] issue of Train Orders Updated the Meetings schedule
September 25, 2007	Added more information to Phil Goble's page
September 23, 2007	Posted yesterday's Choo Chew Saturday
September 22, 2007	Co-Founder Phil Goble passes away
September 4, 2007	Posted the Jul-Aug 2007 [PDF, 407kb] issue of Train Orders
August 17, 2007	Posted progress pictures of the permanent Pacific Coast Railway layout at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
June 30, 2007	Museum moves to a new space in the Mall Museum gets a Speeder Museum sets out to acquire U.S. No. 1 locomotive Posted the May-June 2007 [PDF, 381kb] issue of Train Orders
May 19, 2007	Posted Final Pictures of "Iron Horses Come to the Valley" at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
May 4, 2007	Posted details for the 10th Choo Chew Saturday, September 22, 2007
April 23, 2007	Added a page of Jill's pictures to the Choo Chew Saturday story
April 21, 2007	Posted today's Choo Chew Saturday
April 14-15, 2007	Posted Bitter Creek Work Days
April 10, 2007	Posted the March-April 2007 [PDF, 179kb] issue of Train Orders
March 23, 2007	Added a Local Railroading Events Calendar
February 28, 2007	Posted the January-February 2007 [PDF, 210kb] issue of Train Orders
February 22, 2007	Added two lecture dates at Santa Ynez Museum's "Iron Horses come to the Valley", February 25 and March 25, 2007
February 8, 2007	Posted details for the 9th Choo Chew Saturday, April 21, 2007
January 14, 2007	Posted the 2007 Choo Chew Saturdays on the Events page
January 4, 2007	Updated the Board of Directors page
January 2, 2007	Posted Last Revenue Run in SMVRR's Miller Street Yard
December 9, 2006	Posted Holiday Lionel Open House
December 6, 2006	Posted UPRR Steel Gang Arrives in Guadalupe (12/5/06) on the Railroads Today page
December 4, 2006	Posted the November-December 2006 [PDF, 180kb] issue of Train Orders
November 27, 2006	Added SMVRHM By-Laws (PDF) to the Board of Directors page
November 11, 2006	Added some Ken Kelley pics to the SMVRR Silver Lariat Lunch/Dinner Trains page
November 10, 2006	Posted pictures from the SMVRR Silver Lariat Lunch/Dinner Trains
November 8, 2006	Silver Lariat arrives
November 5, 2006	Added two events (Nov 9 and Dec 9) to the Events page
November 4, 2006	Added a page of pics from Jack Bodenmann to Choo Chew Saturday Posted SMVRR Track Repair at Smith Street
October 31, 2006	September-October 2006 [PDF, 560kb] issue of Train Orders
October 25, 2006	SMVRR Dinner Train, November 9, 2006
October 6, 2006	SMVRR Change-of-Ownership Ceremony
October 2, 2006	SMVRR Sold to Local RR Investor Group
September 30, 2006	Choo Chew Saturday
September 26, 2006	Grover Beach Amtrak Station
September 23, 2006	Work Day at Bitter Creek
September 5, 2006	On the Railroads Today page: Guadalupe Amtrak Station SMVRR: Boxcars everywhere! Amtrak train schedule through local stations (PDF, 20kb)
September 3, 2006	Oceano Depot on the Railroads Today page
August 30, 2006	July-August 2006 [PDF, 447kb] issue of Train Orders
August 20, 2006	Museum is Open in its Third Space
August 19, 2006	Move some full-size artifacts
August 5, 2006	"Iron Horses come to the Valley" at the Santa Ynez Valley Museum Museum moves to a new space in the mall
May 21, 2006	info and flier about the 8th Choo Chew Saturday on September 30, 2006
April 29, 2006	7th Choo Chew Saturday at the BCWRR
April 22, 2006	SMVRHM Work Day at the BCWRR
March 27, 2006	March-April 2006 [PDF, 681kb] issue of Train Orders
February 25, 2006	3rd Annual Model Railroad Exhibition in the Mall and 100 Years of Lionel Trains at the Museum
February 17, 2006	January-February 2006 [PDF, 234kb] issue of Train Orders
February 13, 2006	7th Choo Chew Saturday, April 29, 2006 on the Events page
January 27, 2006	Added more pics to the Amtrak Equipment on the SMVRR page, thanks to Ed Couch!
January 26, 2006	Added more pics to the Amtrak Equipment on the SMVRR page
January 24, 2006	Al Hughes Visits No. 180 on the Caboose No. 180 Restoration page
January 23, 2006	Amtrak Equipment on the SMVRR on the Today's SMV Railroads page
January 2, 2006	Added Pacific Coast Railway Images (from the 2004 National Narrow Gauge Convention) to the Links page
December 18, 2005	Holiday Open House at the Museum
December 8, 2005	November-December 2005 [PDF, 529kb] issue of Train Orders
November 7, 2005	Added "3rd Annual Model Railroad Exhibition in the Mall" to the Events page [see last year's]
October 30, 2005	Added some pictures from Ken Kelley to the Choo Chew Saturday page
October 29, 2005	Choo Chew Saturday
October 8, 2005	update re. SMVRR Locos, October 7, 2005.
October 7, 2005	September-October 2005 [PDF, 268kb] issue of Train Orders
September 10, 2005	Museum Re-Opened
September 3, 2005	Museum Re-Opens September 10th starting at 1:00pm
August 25, 2005	July-August 2005 [PDF, 290kb] issue of Train Orders
August 5, 2005	announcement of next Choo Chew Saturday, October 29, 2005
July 11, 2005	Added Page 2 to the RailFest 2005 at Ken Kelley's, July 10, 2005
July 10, 2005	RailFest 2005 at Ken Kelley's
June 3, 2005	May-June 2005 [PDF, 230kb] issue of Train Orders
June 2, 2005	Added a Page 5 to the Who? What? When? page
May 28, 2005	Some 2005 class visits
May 21, 2005	A moving day
May 8, 2005	pics and story from the Roundup May 8th
May 7, 2005	pics and story from the Pacific Coast Railroad Roundup an update re. SMVRR No. 30 and No. 40
May 1, 2005	pics and story from the Fifth Annual "Choo Chew Saturday"
April 24, 2005	information about the May 7-8, 2005 Pacific Coast Railroad Roundup (PDF) on the Events page
April 22, 2005	Weather postpones Tehachapi Loop field trip again. Stay tuned for an announcement of the next attempt date.
April 18, 2005	Work Day at Bitter Creek Western Railroad
April 7, 2005	Postponed Tehachapi Loop Field Trip to April 23, 2005 - on the Events Schedule (due to bad weather)
March 15, 2005	March-April 2005 [PDF, 230kb] issue of Train Orders
February 27, 2005	more pics from the 2nd Annual Train Show in the Mall Updated the Simulator page
February 26, 2005	some pics from the 2nd Annual Train Show in the Mall
February 12, 2005	Switched to a new Guestbook (old one allowed too much spam): Sign our new Guestbook View our new Guestbook View the old Guestbook (pre 2/12/05)
February 11, 2005	details for the Fifth Annual "Choo Chew Saturday", April 30, 2005
February 10, 2005	next Tehachapi Loop Field Trip date - April 9, 2005 - on the Events Schedule
January 24, 2005	January-February 2005 [PDF, 256kb] issue of Train Orders
January 7, 2005	pics and story from the Annual Member Dinner Meeting, January 6, 2005 Japanese Teenagers Visit the Museum, December 28, 2004
December 21, 2004	the flier [pdf] for the 2005 Model Railroad Exhibition, February 26-27, 2005
December 16, 2004	Holiday Lionel Open House at the Museum, December 11, 2004
December 6, 2004	November-December 2004 [PDF, 208kb] issue of Train Orders details of the Annual Member Dinner Meeting, January 6, 2005
November 1, 2004	contest results from this page of the Tehachapi Loop Field Trip
October 22, 2004	Added a third page of pics to the Tehachapi Loop Field Trip, 10/16/04
October 17, 2004	Tehachapi Loop Field Trip, 10/16/04
October 9, 2004	Updated the Events page
October 2, 2004	SMVRR Caboose No. 180 Open House
September 23, 2004	Updated the Train Simulator page
September 8, 2004	Urgent: Help fund train simulator at the Museum September 2004 [PDF, 196kb] issue of Train Orders
September 2, 2004	pics from today's caboose move
August 29, 2004	pics from the BBQ at the Air Show (August 28, 2004)
August 8, 2004	Santa Ynez Valley RailFest
July 31, 2004	July 2004 [PDF, 226kb] issue of Train Orders
July 30, 2004	Updated the Events page
July 29, 2004	Added Guadalupe Yard; Downtown Building: July, 2004 to the HO Model section Added a photo of an SMVRR caboose at the Oceano depot to the History page
July 28, 2004	Added Email Lists available to the home page
June 6, 2004	Added some info/text from Dave Jennings on the Who? What? When? ... pages
June 4, 2004	Added some info/text from Hal Madson on the Who? What? When? ... pages
May 31, 2004	Added page 4 to the Who? What? When? ... page
May 30, 2004	Added page 2 and page 3 to the Who? What? When? ... page
May 29, 2004	Started Who? What? When? ..., pictures that you might help us with the stories...
May 28, 2004	May 2004 [PDF, 322kb] issue of Train Orders
May 1, 2004	pictures from Choo Chew Saturday 2004
March 17, 2004	March 2004 [PDF, 644kb] issue of Train Orders
March 8, 2004	a link to the next Andrew Merriam articles on the Pacific Coast Railway: Modeling the Southern Pacific Sand Tower at SLO in the 1950s
March 5, 2004	Added a Board of Directors page
February 27, 2004	Added a layout page and ehanced some descriptions on the 1st Annual Modelers Train Show at the Mall pages
February 26, 2004	a third page of pictures and story from the 1st Annual Modelers Train Show at the Mall
February 22, 2004	pictures and story from the 1st Annual Modelers Train Show at the Mall
February 6, 2004	pictures and story from the Annual Member Meeting at the Musueum, February 5, 2004
February 5, 2004	Added Cab Ride on the SMVRR to the Railroads Today section Added SMVRR Colors to the Railroads History section
February 2, 2004	details about the Fourth Annual "Choo Chew Saturday", May 1, 2004
January 31, 2004	Updated the Modelers Meet at the Mall page ("Train Show"), February 21-22, 2004
January 19, 2004	Updated the Events page Modelers Meet at the Mall, February 21-22, 2004 January 2004 [PDF, 270kb] issue of Train Orders
January 16, 2004	Annual Member Meeting at the Museum, February 5, 2004
December 14, 2003	pictures and story from the 2nd Annual Christmas Open House, December 13, 2003
December 8, 2003	2nd Annual Christmas Open House, December 13, 2003
November 26, 2003	November 2003 [PDF, 183kb] issue of Train Orders
November 16, 2003	SMVRHM Caters "Formal" Meal at BCWRR, October 26, 2003
November 8, 2003	Under-carriage is painted and Siding is cleared of brush on the Caboose Restoration page
September 27, 2003	Roadname and Under-carriage Work on the Caboose Restoration page
September 15, 2003	September 2003 [PDF, 226kb] issue of Train Orders
September 7, 2003	DCC Goes Live to the HO Model section
August 4, 2003	SMVRR No. 10 Hood Arrives at the Museum, 8/2/03, on the Museum page Member Drives Golden Spike for New Railroad, 8/2/03
July 12, 2003	Grab Irons, Roof Repair, and Maintenance Placard on the Caboose page
July 11, 2003	KSMR Radio and the Railroad on the History page
July 10, 2003	July 2003 [PDF, 172kb] issue of Train Orders
July 2, 2003	Updated the Links and Caboose sections with a link to SMVRR No. 200 2 links to the next Andrew Merriam articles on the Pacific Coast Railway: Wood Sided Gondolas; and Rock, Sand and Gravel
July 1, 2003	Added "More Layout Pictures" (Late June, 2003) to the HO Model section
June 7, 2003	Updated the Events page
June 5, 2003	Added "Yard Area Nears Completion" (June, 2003) to the HO Model section
May 18, 2003	pictures from the Third Annual Choo Chew Saturday
May 15, 2003	Added a link to the SMVRHM Logo Shop on the home page Added two pictures of the completed patio to the SMVRR Work Day at the BCWRR: A Patio page
May 1, 2003	May 2003 [PDF, 170kb] issue of Train Orders
April 27, 2003	KEYT-TV filming on the Museum page
April 25, 2003	School visit to the Museum A Velocipede visits the Museum
April 20, 2003	SMVRR Work Day at the BCWRR: A Patio
April 6, 2003	Updated the SMVRR ROW abadonment issue
April 5, 2003	Caboose No. 180: Some Trimming, Some Painting Added May 3, 7:00pm KEYT-TV, "Santa Barbara Treasures" to the Events page
March 25, 2003	Added a Corporate Sponsorship page to the Join! page
March 20, 2003	Added the April 6th "Kids' Day" at Waller Park to the Events page
March 17, 2003	March 2003 [PDF, 142kb] issue of Train Orders
March 12, 2003	Added "Rounding Out the Ends" (March, 2003) to the HO Model section
March 8, 2003	Caboose No. 180: "Mulehide" Roof Nearly Complete a link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Oil Cans on the Central Coast" (tank trains)
March 2, 2003	Added a Baggage Cart to the Museum page
February 23, 2003	details for the Third Annual "Choo Chew Saturday" at the Bitter Creek Western Railroad, 5/17/03
February 17, 2003	Added a couple pictures to the SMVRR abandonment story of 2/11/03
February 15, 2003	A 7.5"-gauge low-nose GP9 painted as SMVRR No. 1801 arrives at Bitter Creek
February 12, 2003	On the Events page: Information from the 2/11/03 Rec and Parks meeting re. the SMVRR abandonment Rumor: 7.5"-gauge low-nose GP9 painted as SMVRR No. 1801 to show at the Bitter Creek Western work day of 2/15/03
January 23, 2003	January 2003 [PDF, 294kb] issue of Train Orders
January 20, 2003	Added "Ready for the Front Window!" (January, 2003) to the HO Model section
January 7, 2003	two events: January 15 Community Meeting re. SMVRR abandonment, and the April 19 work-day at Bitter Creek
January 6, 2003	link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Ghosts at the Junction" (SLO's SPRR/PCRy Junction)
December 30, 2002	Added "Guadalupe Exchange Progress" (December, 2002) to the HO Model section
December 23, 2002	pictures from the December 22nd "Yuletide Tour" (Lionel collection!)
December 15, 2002	pictures from the December 14th Holiday Open House
December 6, 2002	Added a press release to the Dec 14th Christmas Open House page
December 3, 2002	The Museum front windows are decorated for the season - see some pics on the Dec 14th Christmas Open House page
November 20, 2002	November 2002 [PDF, 75kb] issue of Train Orders (and separate crossword puzzle, PDF, 74Kb)
November 19, 2002	Christmas Open House at the Museum on the Events page
November 5, 2002	Added A Collision at Guadalupe to the History section link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Now and Then: Meet Me at the Station (SLO depot)"
October 6, 2002	pictures/story from the SMVRHM exhibit at the SLO train show
September 18, 2002	September 2002 [PDF, 131kb] issue of Train Orders
September 14, 2002	Caboose No. 180 is Taking Shape Inside and Out
September 13, 2002	SMVRHM Volunteer Hours Spreadsheet [Excel, 16kb] on the Museum page
September 6, 2002	link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Now and Then In Arroyo Grande" Updated the Events page
July 15, 2002	July 2002 [PDF, 131kb] issue of Train Orders Added to the Museum page: Potential Permanent Home Updated the Meetings page
June 28, 2002	link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Jackrabbits, Rum-running and Murder" Added to the Links page: Let's Talk Trains radio talk show premiering July 6, 2002
June 8, 2002	first couple pictures from the Second Annual Choo Chew Saturday at the Bitter Creek Westerm Railroad. More to follow...
June 2, 2002	pictures of the SMVRHM Elks Rodeo Parade Entry on June 1, 2002 Added "Guadalupe Exchange Progress" (May, 2002) to the HO Model section
May 20, 2002	pictures from the Museum work party at the BCWRR on May 18, 2002
May 10, 2002	link to the next Andrew Merriam article on the Pacific Coast Railway: "Sugar Beets and Betteravia"
May 9, 2002	May 2002 [PDF, 242kb] issue of Train Orders
May 7, 2002	Added "Guadalupe Exchange Begins" to the HO Model section
May 5, 2002	Dec. 2000 acceptance of Caboose No. 180 on the Caboose page a D&RGW Coach page to the History section
May 1, 2002	an image of "Santa Maria Schedule 1933" on the History page
April 21, 2002	Added the Elks Rodeo Parade to the Events page
April 13, 2002	Progress!? in the Caboose section
April 1, 2002	a 4-Wheel Cart acquisition on the Museum page
March 24, 2002	details for the June 8, 2002 Second Annual Choo Chew Saturday
March 18, 2002	Post "Notes Along the Pacific Coast Right Of Way" in the History section. This is a series of articles by Andrew Merriam on the Pacific Coast Railway. Post the March 2002 issue of Train Orders
March 14, 2002	March 9, 2002 work on the Caboose
March 7, 2002	Added links to the Sacramento Northern Online web site on the Boxcar page for more information about this series of cars Added "Final Run of Old 21" to the History section
February 28, 2002	Some SMVRR Steam Locomotives to the History section
February 25, 2002	February 23, 2002 work on the Caboose
February 20, 2002	February 2002 HO Progress to the HO section
February 18, 2002	2/16/2002 Caboose Progress to the Caboose section
February 13, 2002	Added a Regular Meetings sub-page to the About section Added four upcoming dates to the Events page
January 25, 2002	"3rd Grade Class visits the Museum" on the Events page January progress on the HO layout
January 22, 2002	January 2002 issue [PDF, 409kb] of Train Orders
January 17, 2002	Post Union Pacific 2001-2002 Olympic Torch Relay Train Visits Guadalupe in the Railroads Today section
December 30, 2001	Caboose No. 180 is moved to the Larrabee Brothers siding on 12/28/01
December 21, 2001	Post pictures and story from the Ribbon Cutting at the Museum Add a picture of an SP "Cab Forward" to the Museum's Window Layout page
December 18, 2001	Post 12/21/01 4:30pm Ribbon Cutting at the Museum on the Events page
December 11, 2001	Post The Sugar Mill at Betteravia on the History page
December 9, 2001	Post December 2001 progress on the HO Layout Post Caboose No. 180 gets its third and final color coat.
December 8, 2001	A Summary of Central California Narrow Gauge Railroads in the History section
November 29, 2001	A Treatise on Gauge: Why 4'8�"? in the History section
November 19, 2001	Added a new page to the HO Model section: Development Above and Below, November 2001
November 12, 2001	Madson's book now available through the Museum's Store
November 5, 2001	Add project objectives and specifications to the HO Model page
November 4, 2001	Choo Chew Saturday: added a few pictures and a Thank You Note sent to us by a participant. Museum: added some pics to the cases page, plus some shots of an HO layout in the front window
November 3, 2001	The Museum is now open Saturday and Sunday afternoons!
October 29, 2001	Caboose No. 180 gets its first color coat on 10/28/01.
October 27, 2001	Started posting pictures from the Choo Chew Saturday at Bitter Creek Western event, 10/27/01. Added a new page to the HO Model section: Second Yard Section, October 2001
October 6, 2001	pictures from the Grapes and Grains event, 10/06/01. Started a new section for the SMVRHM newsletter: Train Orders
October 2, 2001	Further expand Links page.
October 1, 2001	Added Tiger Cubs of Pack 95 Visit the Museum, September 30, 2001, to the Events section. Added Space #79 at Grapes and Grains Festival to the Events section.
September 30, 2001	Added Yard Track In Place on the HO Model. Added a Sedona, AZ page to the Museum section. Added Cases and Photos to the Museum section.
September 28, 2001	Expanded the Links page, including a new Other Railroad Link Lists and Directories section.
September 26, 2001	Added a Guestbook to the Home page. Added More Photos in the Railroads: Today section. Added a Map of the SMVRR in the Railroads: Today section.
September 25, 2001	A Morning on the SMVRR in the "Railroads: Today" section.
September 20, 2001	an Event: First Annual "Choo Chew" Saturday, October 27, 2001. BBQ and unlimited train rides!
September 19, 2001	Added Boxcar pictures
September 16, 2001	initial list of Partners
September 14, 2001	some info about the Boxcar. an Event: Cub Scouts Visit the Museum.
September 9, 2001	an Event: Book Signing at the Museum
September 2, 2001	Added Links and Bruce Morden's paper
September 1, 2001	Launch this site. Initial sections with info include: About the SMVRHM Restoration of Caboose Number 180 How to Join the SMVRHM The Museum location (not yet open to the public)