Western Pacific SW9 601 was the first of WP's six of that model switcher. Built by EMD in May 1952, after the merger with the Union Pacific WP 601 was rebuilt into UP's SW10 pregram, becoming UP ... (more)

Western Pacific GP40 3543 leads a consist that is made up of Burlington Northern pool power, including C-425 4265, GP35 2540 and GP30 2222. It was a colorful time to be in northern California!

Soaking up the warm California sun at Western Pacific's engine facility in Stockton is a trio of EMD F7As, with 915-D in the foreground. Built by EMD in January 1950, the 915-D would eventually b... (more)

Outside Portola's engine house sits Western Pacific U23B 2264, one of 15 of these GE diesels on the roster. Behind it sits a pair of WP GP7s.

Western Pacific GP7 702 sports a large snowplow in order to navigate the high Sierra in the winter, although it hardly needs the plow on this bright September day. WP purchased 13 GP7s from EMD, ... (more)

Western Pacific power sits in Keddie, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on September 2, 1973. WP 2001 was the first of ten GP20s purchased by the WP, and is now a part of the Feather Riv... (more)

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)

Rumbling downhill, eastbound into Cheyenne, Wyoming, a set of four Western Pacific locomotives handles mixed traffic. In the distance, a UP E8/9-led Amtrak train (see picture http://www.railpictur... (more)

A retired and worn out WP F7A waits for it's destiny together with SN 401, an SW 1 diesel, which was originally the first diesel of the WP. Finally this little diesel is preserved in the WP RR M... (more)

John rode the CZ and quickly got off to go to the front and snap this photo. To see other views of that trip, click here

Western Pacific GP-35 #3005 and WP U23B's #2251 & #2254 Are Eastbound @ Williams Loop near Quincy ,CA .

After a long day of running an A-B-A set of F7's and Zephyr cars, two switchers (WP 707 and WP 2001) team up to switch out the four cars owned by the museum on a spectacular Halloween afternoon, a... (more)

Western Pacific trio 3006, 3534 and 3522 run towards the refueling facilities at the D & RGW Roper Yard in October 1981.

Seen sitting in the afternoon sun outside the WP Stockton roundhouse, keeping company with one of the steam generator cars made surplus with the demise of the "California Zephyr"

WP 3545 3501 3559 and 3555 sit in the DRGW Roper Yard between duties in October 1981.