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 Mus... (more)

At dusk a southbound Polar Express train from the California Railroad Museum is photographed with my NEW SONY a77 camera while out shooting with it for the first time! I look forward to my many ad... (more)

Quite an impressive site to see. True WP Heritage leads the Niles Canyon Railway's tourist train into the Sunol Depot. This day marked the last day for normal operations as the museum closes 2013 ... (more)

An eastbound WP train has just departed their Oakland yard down a street passing old WP passenger depot now a spaghetti house.

Over July Fourth weekend UP, Santa Fe, Amtrak, SP and WP participated in a display of equipment adjacent Fishermans Wharf area, WP had both their red, white, blue painted units on hand.

A Western Pacific bay window caboose trails Union Pacific's SCPV into Provo Yard on Aug. 21, 1983. WP 452 was built by International Car for the WP in 1956 and was retired from service on the UP i... (more)

All bright and shiny in 'New Image' livery, a Western Pacific GP40-2 awaits a call to serve on the main west of Salt Lake City. The WP 3547 was built by EMD for the Western Pacific in July 1979.

Nearly two years after the WP-UP merger, more than a dozen Western Pacific locomotives were stored, neglected, and eventually retired in Salt Lake City. Image photographed on Kodachrome 25 film on... (more)

A fresh Morrison Knudsen rebuilt GP40 leads Western Pacific's OME (Overland Mail East) arriving at Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City.

Of all the interesting relics I've discovered around Utah's Tintic Mining District, this old Monocoach trailer really grabbed my attention. Spotted near UP's Lynndyl Subdivision main at Tintic Jun... (more)

A Western Pacific GP35, wearing 'new image' livery, awaits an assignment on the WP main from Rio Grande's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The little EMD was built new for the WP in Nov. 1964.

For a number of years, a Western Pacific GP9 and caboose have been on display in the Elko Railroad Park. Located at 7th and Railroad Streets, the right of way once hosted the Southern Pacific main... (more)

More than three years after the Union Pacific and Western Pacific merger, 13 former WP EMDs rust away near Grant Tower in Salt Lake City.

The Western Pacific Railroad acquired three SW1500s from EMD in May 1973. The 1503 served well into the UP merger, becoming the UP 1503, the UP 1317, and finally the UPY 1042 prior to retirement a... (more)

Western Pacific caboose 457 is pictured in new paint recently applied by the Union Pacific and assigned to work the Elko, Nevada wrecker in 1984. It was built new for the WP by International Car i... (more)