List of preserved Western Pacific Railroad rolling stock

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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.

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Preserved steam locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement

(Whyte notation)

DispositionLocationNotesReferences
USA 2012 0228 - Los Angeles - Travel Town (6933700900).jpg 261909 ALCO-Schenectady 2-8-0 On static display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California [1]
Western Pacific Railroad No. 94 - April 2024.jpg 94 September 1909 ALCO-Brooks TP-29 4-6-0 On static display Western Railway Museum in Suisun City, California [2]
Western Pacific 164.jpg 164November 1919ALCO-SchenectadyS-34 0-6-0 On static displayHewitt Park in Oroville, California
Western Pacific 165.jpg 165 November 1919ALCO-SchenectadyS-34 0-6-0 Operational Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [3]
Wp 334 June 1964 - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg 334 May 1929ALCOMK-60-71 2-8-2 StoredWestern Railway Museum in Suisun City, California [4]

Preserved tenders

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement

(Whyte notation)

DispositionLocationNotesReferences
484 1943 Lima Locomotive Works (LLW)GS-64-77 4-8-4 Locomotive scrapped, tender on static display Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California

Preserved diesel locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelWheel arrangementClassDispositionLocationNotesReferences
Western Pacific Locomotive 501 (5358619696).jpg 501 August 1939 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) SW1 B-B-Out of service for maintenance Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [5]
'Nevada Southern Railroad Museum' 26.jpg 607October 1939Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW2 B-B-Operational 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]
WP NW2 608 at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA in July 1985 B13.jpg 608- Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
705 October 1952Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP7 B-B-On static displayWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [7]
707 October 1952Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP7B-BRS-62StoredWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [8]
Western Pacific Railroad GP7 No. 708 at Sacramento Yard.jpg 708 October 1952Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP7B-B-On static displayWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [9]
712 April 1953Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP7B-B-On static displayWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [10]
Western Pacific Railroad No. 713 at the Niles Canyon Railway - June 2020 - 01.jpg 713 April 1953Electro-Motive Division (EMD)GP7B-BOperational Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [11]
Elko (NV, USA), Elko Railroad Park, Western Pacific 727 -- 2022 -- 2713.jpg 727September 1955Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9 B-BRS-62On static displayElko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada [12]
Western Pacific Locomotive 805-A (5358135553).jpg 805-A January 1950Electro-Motive Division (EMD) FP7 B-B-Out of serviceWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [13]
WP 913 Neil916.JPG 913January 27, 1950Electro-Motive Division (EMD) F7A B-BD-239 California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
917-D January 1950Electro-Motive Division (EMD)F7AB-B-Out of serviceWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [14]
Western Pacific Railroad No. 918D at the Niles Canyon Railway - October 2020 - 05.jpg 918-DJanuary 1950Electro-Motive Division (EMD)F7AB-BD-239Operational Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [15]
921-DJanuary 1950Electro-Motive Division (EMD)F7AB-BD-239Out of serviceWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [16]
1503May 1973Electro-Motive Division (EMD) SW1500 B-B-OperationalWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [17]
Aug 20 Aug 21 2011 141xRP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg 2001-Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
Western Pacific 3002.jpg 3002Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP35 B-B-Operational [note 1] Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah [19]

Preserved passenger cars

PhotographNumber/NameBuild dateBuilderTypeDispositionLocationNotesReferences
106 "Pioneer" 1917 Pullman Company Business-Observation CarOperational Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [20]

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. "Western Pacific 1503". wplives.org. Western Pacific Railroad Museum. 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  18. 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.
  19. "Western Pacific GP35 Restored in Utah". railfan.net. White River Productions. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  20. "WPRM - WP 1 06". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.

Notes

  1. 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. [18]