WP eastbound UP runthrough TOF takes a big curve deep in the Feather River Canyon near Rich Bar

Western Pacific GE 3055 has a lot of assistance from BN units as they tug an eastbound train up the Feather River at Pulga, Calif. on June 22, 1974. In the consist headed for Klamath Falls, Orego... (more)

Still in original paint instead of "Perlman green," two Western Pacific GE's, and three BN units, restrain tonnage westbound down the Feather River near Tobin, Calif. The train came onto WP rail... (more)

Having just picked up the caboose crew on the rear, WP 3071 and two other WP GE's, with two BN EMD units, rev up to lift tonnage out of Keddie, Calif. northward to BN interchange at Klamath Falls,... (more)

A lone GE unit commands five EMDs as they lead tonnage eastward across one of the largest trestles on the Western Pacific at Clio, near Blairsden, Calif. on June 18, 1974. The train will travel t... (more)

View of the Stockton fuel racks

Appearing forlorn awaiting a return to service, WP GP35 3020 sits outside UP's North Yard Shops in Salt Lake City. The 3020 was wrecked in July 1982 on WP's Reno, Nevada branch. After the WP-UP me... (more)

On February 18, 1970, an eastbound Santa Fe freight struck the caboose of a Union Pacific local at a crossing in Fullerton, California. The UP conductor was fatally injured. The UP caboose was cut... (more)

Western Pacific U30B 3051 and UP 2857 sit in the yard near Omaha after being retired from the UP roster. It would later be donated to the Western Pacific Museum in Portola, California.

Happier times: Crowds watch the eastbound California Zephyr slow to a stop at Niles.

With the formation of the Burlington Northern in 1970, power from both BN and WP could be seen along the Inside Gateway anywhere between Seattle and Oroville. Here at Oroville, former SP&S 331 is ... (more)

A westbound WP freight leaving Oroville Yard with four F7s and a GP9 trailing.

WP unit steel train westbound in Feather River Canyon near Twain

Something must have happened on the High Line as two Geeps pushes work train up north.

The man standing by the pole lower left later jumped onboard the slow mowing freight train.