List of preserved Western Pacific Railroad rolling stock

A large quantity of rolling stock formerly owned and operated by Western Pacific Railroad have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations all across North America.

Preserved steam locomotives

Photograph	Number	Build date	Builder	Class	Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation)	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	26	1909	ALCO-Schenectady		2-8-0	On static display at the Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California		[1]
	94	September 1909	ALCO-Brooks	TP-29	4-6-0	On static display at the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City, California		[2]
	164	November 1919	ALCO-Schenectady	S-34	0-6-0	On static display at Hewitt Park in Oroville, California
	165	November 1919	ALCO-Schenectady	S-34	0-6-0	Operational at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[3]
	334	May 1929	ALCO	MK-60-71	2-8-2	Stored at the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City, California		[4]

Preserved tenders

Photograph	Number	Build date	Builder	Class	Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation)	Disposition and location	Location	Notes	References
	484	1943	Lima Locomotive Works (LLW)	GS-64-77	4-8-4	Locomotive scrapped, tender on static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California

Preserved diesel locomotives

Photograph	Number	Build date	Builder	Model	Wheel arrangement	Class	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	501	August 1939	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	SW1	B-B	-	Out of service for maintenance at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[5]
	607	October 1939		NW2		-	Operational at the Nevada Southern Railroad Museum, Boulder, Nevada	Built as Union Pacific Railroad 1000, obtained by Western Pacific Railroad in 1968, transferred to Sacramento Northern Railroad in 1973, re-acquired by Union Pacific in 1982; donated to Deer Creek Scenic Railway, later sold to Nevada Southern Railroad.	[6]
	608					-	Owned by the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
	705	October 1952		GP7		-	On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[7]
	707	October 1952				RS-62	Stored at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[8]
	708	October 1952				-	On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[9]
	712	April 1953				-			[10]
	713	April 1953					Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California		[11]
	727	September 1955		GP9		RS-62	On static display at the Elko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada		[12]
	805-A	January 1950		FP7		-	Out of service at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[13]
	913	January 27, 1950		F7A		D-239	On static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
	917-D	January 1950				-	Out of service at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[14]
	918-D					D-239	Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California		[15]
	921-D						Out of service at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[16]
	923-A	June 1951				-	On static display at the Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum in Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
	1503	May 31, 1973		SW1500		-	Operational at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[17] [18]
	2001	December 1, 1959		GP20		-	Under ownership of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[19] [20]
	2252	May 25, 1972	General Electric (GE)	U23B [note 1]		-	Owned by the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio		[21] [22] [23] [24]
	3002	November 22, 1963	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	GP35		-	Operational [note 2] at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah		[21] [26]

Preserved passenger cars

Photograph	Number/Name	Build date	Builder	Type	Disposition	Location	Notes	References
	106 "Pioneer"	1917	Pullman Company	Business-Observation Car	Operational	Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California		[27]

References

1. "WESTERN PACIFIC #26". laparks.org. Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
2. "Western Pacific 94". Western Railway Museum. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
3. "Western Pacific Railroad Museum Steam Department" . Retrieved 2010-06-22.
4. "Western Pacific 334". Western Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
5. "WPRM - WP 501". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
6. "Locomotive 1000, Type NW2". nevadasouthern.com. Nevada State Railroad Museum. July 18, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
7. "WPRM - WP 705". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
8. "WPRM - WP 707". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
9. "WPRM - WP 708". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
10. "WPRM - SN 712". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
11. "Western Pacific #713". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
12. "Western Pacific Power Disposition". utahrails.net. Utah Rails. October 1983. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
13. "WPRM - WP 805A". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
14. "WPRM - WP 917D". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
15. "Western Pacific #918D". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
16. "WPRM - WP 921D". www.wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
17. Staff (1982) , p. 203
18. "Western Pacific 1503". wplives.org. Western Pacific Railroad Museum. 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
19. Staff (1982) , p. 210
20. "WPRM - WP 2001". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
21. Staff (1982) , p. 211
22. "OHCR 4092 preserved at the OHCR". Age of Steam Roundhouse. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
23. Franz, Justin (2024-10-23). "Ohio Central Donates 'Super 7' to Age of Steam". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
24. "G&W's Ohio Central donates diesel to Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum". Trains. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
25. Nielson, Rob (April 26, 2024). "Newly repainted Western Pacific locomotive to fill gap at Utah State Railroad Museum". standard.net. Standard Examiner. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
26. "Western Pacific GP35 Restored in Utah". railfan.net. White River Productions. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
27. "WPRM - WP 1 06". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.

Notes

1. Built originally as a U23B, rebuilt by GE into a B23-S7 "Super Seven" for the Monongahela Railway (MGA)
2. Locomotive was donated to Ogden City in operational condition and the curator of the Utah State Railroad Museum stated a desire to keep it in operational condition; but permanently the locomotive is kept on static display. ^[25]

Bibliography

• Staff, Virgil (1982). D-day on the Western Pacific: A Railroad's Decision to Dieselize. Interurban Press. ISBN   978-0-916374-51-8.