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The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad ...
Portola is a crew change site on the Western Pacific Railroad (now Union Pacific Railroad) Feather River Route over the Sierra Nevada. The city is also home to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum (formerly Portola Railroad Museum), one of the largest railroad museums in the Western United States. The museum is famous for its Run A Locomotive ...
Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [10] 913 917-D: January 1950 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) F7A: B-B Out of service Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [11] 918-D Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California: 2001 Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
The Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a preservation society founded in 1984, is located next to the Union Pacific rail yard in Portola, California. The remaining portion of the Feather River Route follows a corridor similar to that of State Route 70 in California and former State Route 49 in Nevada.
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The largest collection of preserved equipment can be found in Portola, California, at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. One locomotive and four cars are currently preserved there as part of the museum's "Zephyr Project" restoration program. Western Pacific 805-A is the last intact locomotive built specifically for the California Zephyr.
Western Pacific Railroad - Stored Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [8] Western Pacific 708 October 1952 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP7 Western Pacific Railroad - On static display Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [9] Sacramento Northern 712 April 1953 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP7
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.