I took my 7-year-old to see model railroads in the East Bay yesterday, and as we were about to get in the car he asked if we could go by bike and ferry instead. We didn't have time then, but it got me wondering.
We visited the Carquinez Model Railroad Club (
https://cmrstrainclub.org) - shares a building with the Carquinez Toy Train Museum (
https://cttom.org/), which was not open on our visit - and the Golden State Model Railroad Museum (
https://www.gsmrm.org/) in Richmond. The next open house in Carquinez is the weekend of Oct 15-16. Anyone interested in going there by bike, train and ferry? Anyone know about bike rules on Amtrak between Martinez and Oakland, and whether it's feasible to get a cargo bike onto the train?
One possible schedule:
10:30am depart Ferry Building for Vallejo
11:30am arrive Vallejo
Bike to Carquinez Model Railroad Society, 5.5 miles according to Google Maps
Stop for lunch somewhere along the way
1pm-ish arrive Carquinez Model Railroad / Toy Train Museum
Spend 1.5-2 hours there
2:45pm leave Carquinez
Bike to Martinez Amtrak, 8 miles along the Carquinez Scenic Drive
3:55pm Amtrak departs
4:45pm Amtrak arrives Oakland Jack London Square
5:15pm Ferry departs Oakland
5:40pm Ferry arrives SF Ferry Building
Nathan