Looking for a place to run trains in SF Bay Area

Quite a few LCCA and LOTS members have room size layouts and invite members to bring their rolling stock to run.  If you're a member, a search using Oakland as a base the LCCA website shows at least eleven members in the area.  John in Lansing, ILL

AFLORES59 -- I assume when you say O - scale you mean three-rail O gauge (easier to "set up on the floor...").  If that's the case, you might want to check out the Carquinez Toy Train Operating Museum, which is located in Crockett - website:  http://cttom.org/  They have a fairly large three-rail set up for O gauge and a smaller amount of two-rail S gauge trackage (American Flyer, etc. - which is what I have).  I visited their layout a couple of years ago and they are a membership organization where members are encouraged to bring their own trains to run.  Interestingly, they are in the same building in Crockett as the Carquinez Model Railroad Society, which has a massive HO layout spanning two floors of the building (CTTOM is upstairs from that).

The previous poster mentions the club in Richmond, which is the Golden State Model Railroad Museum - http://www.gsmrm.org/ - which has three scales - O, HO and N.  The O is two-rail O-scale - I'm fairly certain they don't have any three-rail.

I just rediscovered this very nice web listing of various clubs, etc. in the SF Bay Area -- https://just-trains.com/rxr-links/clubs -- put up by the Just-trains hobby shop in Concord, CA (nice folks).  In addition to the clubs noted above, you'll see a listing for the Golden Gate Lionel RR club, who has a modular layout they set up at various shows.  I've seen it at the several O-Scale West annual shows I've attended and its nicely done.  The folks at O Scale West might know of other O-gauge clubs - https://oscalewest.com/

- Rich

Thank you gentlemen for your responses.  For clarification, yes it is 3 Rail O Gauge.  Hi John, I'm not a LCCA member but will look into that and possibly becoming a member.   Hi Rich, thank you for sharing the different resources - I will be paying the Carquinez Toy Train Operating Museum a visit at their next Open House. I will definitely look at that resource guide and see what else is around here.  And yes, the GSMRM is a 2 Rail O Scale layout.  Hi Ameen, I will email you about the South Bay Historical Railroad.

-Junior