A Western Pacific GP9, wood chip car and bay-window caboose (452) rest in the yard at Portola, California, on the WP's Feather River Route on September 2, 1973. Engine 728 was built by EMD in Sep... (more)
It is June of '73 and a WP U23B is leading a eastbound trailer train at the old townsite of Palisade in the Humboldt river canyon. The tunnels of the Espee (right) and the WP main can be seen in t... (more)
Western Pacific GP20 #2001 owned by the FRRS sits on the Carroll St. Lead just off the Caltrain Mainline. The last of GGRM's equipment has been removed from the Hunter's Point Navel Shipyard, and ... (more)
The 'last WP unit', 3559 was the highest number GP40-2, the last power ordered by the WP. Norhtbound on the Highline with a BN train to be interchanged at Bieber, CA, this line ran through some gr... (more)
westbound unit steel train on WP in Feather River Canyon
Feather River Canyon
3512 3057 3528 barrels through Magna on a westbound WP freight in March 1982 - The railroad as a separate entity didn't have long to go.
WP freight slows as it passes Sacramento Northern 654 in the Marysville yards. The trackage around Marysville and Yuba City was the last vestige of SN's extensive network still under wire,
Still earning their keep on the Western Pacific's portion of the California Zephyr, 803A and two F3B units are Eastbound just East of the townsite of Altamont. The track below is the now removed S... (more)
It is 2AM on the CalTrain SF Peninsula, long after the commutes and a strange ghost train has appeared. The rescue GGRM (Golden Gate RR Museum) equipment relocation train is about to leave "The Ci... (more)
The WP special passes over one of the many trestles in the Feather River Canyon. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com
This train was long enough to cross over itself on the loop. Note fortuitous placement of WP boxcar and covered hopper! K64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7
