Rolling stock of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum explained

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) holds in its collection a total of twenty-nine diesel locomotives, one electric locomotive, one steam locomotive, fifteen passenger cars, numerous freight and maintenance cars and eighteen cabooses. They offer excursions and a "Run A Locomotive" program during the summer. The WPRM has one of the larger collections of early diesel era locomotives and freight cars in North America. The museum is often considered to have one of the most complete and historic collections of equipment and materials from a single railroad family. The holdings also include extensive corporate records and images, as well as personal collections from those who worked for the Western Pacific Railroad (WP).

Currently owned

This section is a list of equipment owned by the WPRM.[1] [2] [3]

Locomotives

LocomotiveModelBuild dateBuilderStatusNotesRefs.
Western Pacific 165S-34November 1919ALCO-SchenectadyOperational as of April 2022[4]
Western Pacific 501EMD SW1August 1939Electro-Motive DivisionOut of service for maintenance[5]
Western Pacific 805-AEMD FP7January 1950Electro-Motive DivisionOut of service[6]
Feather River and Western 1857FM H-12-44January 1953Fairbanks-MorseOut of service[7]
Southern Pacific 2873EMD GP9December 1956Electro-Motive DivisionOut of service, Oil system repairs complete, water pump removed for rebuild.[8]
Union Pacific 6946EMD DDA40XSeptember 1971Electro-Motive DivisionOn static display[9]

Maintenance-of-Way equipment

Formerly owned, surplus

Locomotives

LocomotiveModelBuild dateManufacturerDeclaration date as "Surplus"StatusNotesRefs.
Southern Pacific 4404SD9EApril 1955Electro-Motive DivisionFebruary 6, 2013Sold to Western Rail Inc. in 2014.[11]
Southern Pacific 4450SD9EApril 1954Electro-Motive DivisionFebruary 6, 2013Scrapped on August 20, 2013[12]
Milwaukee Road 5057U25BAugust 1965General ElectricFebruary 6, 2013Stored at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad

References

  1. Web site: Finnegan . Paul . 2022-07-12 . Latest WPRM equipment list . 2023-10-15.
  2. Web site: "FRRS/WPRM Updated Equipment Roster September 2020 . 2021-09-10.
  3. Web site: WPRM Locomotives . 2024-08-18 . wplives.org.
  4. Web site: Western Pacific Railroad Museum Steam Department . 2010-06-22.
  5. Web site: WPRM - WP 501 . 2024-08-18 . wplives.org.
  6. Web site: WPRM - WP 805A . 2023-10-15 . www.wplives.org.
  7. Web site: WPRM - USARMY/FR&W 1857 . 2023-10-15 . wplives.org.
  8. Web site: WPRM - SP 2873 . 2023-10-15 . wplives.org.
  9. Web site: WPRM - UP 6946 . 2024-09-11 . www.wplives.org.
  10. Web site: WPRM - WP 1 06 . 2024-09-05 . WPLives.org.
  11. News: Vicknair . Eugene . 2013-06-02 . FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives . 2023-07-11 . Feather River Rail Society.
  12. News: Vicknair . Eugene . 2006 . Issue 135 (May/June/July 2006): Golden Gate Railroad Museum Hospital Train . 2023-07-11 . . 8, 10.