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Rolling stock of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum

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

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

Locomotives

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Locomotive Model Build date Builder Status Notes Refs.
Western Pacific 165 S-34 November 1919 ALCO-Schenectady Operational as of April 2022 [4]
Western Pacific 501 EMD SW1 August 1939 Electro-Motive Division Out of service for maintenance [5]
Western Pacific 805-A EMD FP7 January 1950 Electro-Motive Division Out of service [6]
Feather River and Western 1857 FM H-12-44 January 1953 Fairbanks-Morse Out of service [7]
Southern Pacific 2873 EMD GP9 December 1956 Electro-Motive Division Out of service, Oil system repairs complete, water pump removed for rebuild. [8]
Union Pacific 6946 EMD DDA40X September 1971 Electro-Motive Division On static display [9]

Passenger cars

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Car number Build date Builder Type Status Notes References
106 "Pioneer" 1917 Pullman Company Business-Observation Car Operational [10]

Maintenance-of-Way equipment

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Formerly owned, surplus

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Locomotives

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Locomotive Model Build date Manufacturer Declaration date as "Surplus" Status Notes Refs.
Southern Pacific 4404 SD9E April 1955 Electro-Motive Division February 6, 2013 Sold to Western Rail Inc. in 2014. [11]
Southern Pacific 4450 SD9E April 1954 Electro-Motive Division February 6, 2013 Scrapped on August 20, 2013 [11][12]
Milwaukee Road 5057 U25B August 1965 General Electric February 6, 2013 Stored at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad [11]

References

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