Best laid plans... I assumed incorrectly that this train was headed out UP's Kansas Pacific main, so I positioned myself to catch the two WP GP40-2s - recently demoted from the Feather River main... (more)
Founded in 1903 as a way to give the powerhouse Southern Pacific railroad competition into northern California, the Western Pacific was built to connect the Rio Grande railroad in Utah with the Sa... (more)
A Western Pacific freight led by an ABBA set of FTs passes the California Zephyr somewhere between Ogden, Utah and Oakland, California. Richard Steinbrenner Photo