Railroading Merit Badge

This program is offered on a semi-annual basis. It is also offered any time as an independent program, schedules permitting. See the Merit Badge contact information below.

Next Presentation and Sign-Off Day: March 16, 2025, 12pm to 4:30pm.

Registration ends when 20 participants register.

Here’s info about San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum’s next offering of the Railroad Merit Badge Class and Sign-Off Day. This class gives local Scouting America participants an opportunity to earn their Railroading Merit Badge. Scouts will participate in various activities that will fulfill the Railroading Merit Badge requirements, including an interactive Amtrak history tour (time permitting), learning basic signals, model train displays, whistle/horn demonstrations, and learning from Operation Lifesaver presenters about rail safety.

Prerequisites will be assigned upon enrollment and must be completed by the day of the class.

If you wish to enroll, you MUST enroll directly though the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum; enrollment cannot be done through troops as reservations are made exclusively through the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum. Those who do not pre-enroll through SLORRM will not be admitted on the day of class.

Cost is $30: Cost includes a model railroad kit and materials for the day.

For more information about the Boy Scout Merit Badge in Railroading, click here to read an article by David Weisman that appeared in the Station Host Association of California Newsletter.