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A PLA excursion, Labor Day 1971. Pickering Lumber Company Shay #7, Northern California, between Lyons Dam and Tramway.. The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization [1] dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960.
Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA) 10 Northwestern Pacific Railroad: NWP Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit: 63: Pacific Sun Railroad: PSRR Watco: 62: Sacramento Southern Railroad: SSR State of California 3: Sacramento Valley Railroad: SAV Patriot Rail Company: 7: San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad: SDIY Genesee & Wyoming: 1: San Joaquin ...
The Pacific Locomotive Association has, as of 2022, 10 steam and 13 diesel locomotives, and over 40 pieces of rolling stock. There have been many visitors over the years. Previously, the Golden Gate Railroad Museum moved its collection from San Francisco to the NCRy in 2007 for storage and limited operations after their home at Hunters Point ...
The merged railroad was initially jointly owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway using a wide variety of locomotives from previous owners. Freight trains were pulled by ten-wheelers while eight-wheelers pulled passenger trains. A few of the newer locomotives survived while trains were increasingly ...
Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives, which weigh 1.2 million pounds and are 130 feet long, were completed for Union Pacific in 1941. No. 4014 then drove 1,031,205 miles and was in service for 20 years ...
Central Pacific No. 3 / Southern Pacific No. 1 C. P. Huntington – Cosmetically restored, a 4-2-4T RT type built by Cooke Locomotive Works in 1863. Central Pacific No. 233 – Stored, awaiting restoration. A 2-6-2 tank engine built by Central Pacific's Sacramento Shops in 1882. Donated 2001 by the Pacific Locomotive Association.
The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back to life on the Niles Canyon Railway. CA-12.5 Southern Pacific 5623: Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California: CA-13 Canadian Pacific 2839 4-6-4 Royal Hudson: 1937 built by MLW: Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, California: CA-14 Southern Pacific 1293 ...
Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona: 1727: M-6 2-6-0: Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens: 1744: M-6 2-6-0: The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles ...