The PLA's WP 713 fills in for Richmond Pacific's regular power.
Here we have an F-unit that is currently being repainted in Oakland. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com
WP 713 and SP 5472 prepare to cross Pleasanton Sunol Rd onto PLA property for the first time.
Former Western Pacific 713, now owned by the Pacific Locomotive Association, will be moved to Niles Canyon in the next few months.
GP7 709 leads WP's "final four' F's westbound past the Radum wigwag in 1979.
Western Pacific painted two bicentennial units for our nation's 200th birthday. Seen here are both of them, 1776 and 1976, leading an eastbound freight into the Feather River Canyon.
Three WP SW1500's fresh from the EMD Plant in La Grange sit in Clyde.
Long, slow trip down the canyon.