Links To Rail Sites with Connections to our Society and the Railroad Park
Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club Featuring the Pacific and Eastern HO railroad from Medford to Klamath Falls. This layout incorporates impeccable trackwork, world-class scenery, an innovative design, fully functional signals and prototypical operation. The Club also has a smaller layout for the kids to run.
This group has a huge outdoor Garden (G gauge) empire at the Park. It features many intricate bridges, water features, mountains, towns and more. There are separate Thomas the Tank Engine and Harry Potter Hogwarts layouts.
Southern Oregon Live Steamers The Live Steamers are the big draw at the Park with their 1 1/2" to the foot scale trains carrying visitors on well over an actual mile of 7 1/2" gauge track. Multiple trains run through tunnels, up and down hills and over bridges. Right next to the trains, there's the "Beanery" (food stand).
Other Groups at the Medford Railroad Park

All the Groups have a permanent presence at the Park. Each is separately organized and funded with donations and members' dues.
The Oregon Cultural Trust partners with over 1,300 cultural nonprofits throughout Oregon, including the Southern Oregon Chapter/NRHS. A gift to one or more of these qualifying nonprofit organizations followed by a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust allows a donor to claim a tax credit.
KADEE, the Coupler People, in White City, OR was instrumental in the founding of the Railroad Park and has been a generous supporter in the development of the Park.
Micro-Trains, making "The Ultimate in N and Z Scale Model Trains, in Talent, OR, has also been a generous supporter in the development of the Park
The Jackson County Heritage Association is a group of nonprofit educational organizations dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of Southern Oregon's cultural history
The Pacific Northwest Chapter was formed in 1955 in Portland, Oregon and is one of more than 170 local chapters of the NRHS. The National Railway Historical Society was formed in 1935 to preserve and document railroad history.
An active railroad historical society in Toledo, Oregon.
The purpose of the Timber Heritage Association is to create awareness and appreciation for the impact of timber, logging and railroads on the settlement and development of Humboldt County, California.
Friends of the Railroad Park
Area NRHS Chapters and Related Groups

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Other Railroad Websites of Interest in the Region
The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is an all volunteer organization that operates tourist trains over the former Southern Pacific and Port of Tillamook Bay Railroads.
Located in Northern California’s Mendocino County there is a skunk running through the redwood forest, but this isn’t any skunk, it’s the world famous Skunk Train.  Their locomotive #45 was originally Medco #3.
The Sumpter Valley Railwad, located 22 miles southwest of Baker City Oregon, on U.S. Highway 7, is a narrow gauge tourist railroad operating on 7 miles of track.
This is Jeff Moore's excellent website covering the history of the McCloud River Railroads.
The Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture (BBCRC) preserves and promotes railroad culture by documenting and furthering the art, music, literature, community, and work of those who, historically and in modern times, travel or work on the railroads of North America. We are interested in railroad infrastructure, history, and operations, but also the human side of railroading. Several of our key supporters and board members are rail workers. We combine our core focus on railroad culture with inclusive community-building, local ecological conservation, sustainable food cultivation, and habitat restoration. The BBCRC has a nationwide constituency but also has close links to local institutions and people in and around Siskiyou County.

Founded in 1962, the Museum’s exhibits are displayed in Brownsville’s original railroad depot and six Southern Pacific railroad cars. Our collections cover the lives, work, and cultures of Native People, Oregon Trail immigrants, Black and White pioneer settlers, and the early families and communities of Linn County.
The Oregon Electric Railway Museum is an operating trolley museum. We feature trolleys and other electric railway equipment from the West Coast as well as from around the world. Our railway equipment collection dates from the 1890s through 1977.
This website covers the modeling activities of one of our members including his On30 and 2.5 inch scale railroads.

Southern Oregon Railway Historical Society
A Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
To go to the Butte Falls Scenic Railway project website click on the Butte Falls Scenic Railway  logo above.