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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 ...
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.
Portola (/ pɔːrˈtoʊlə / por-TOH-lə) is the only incorporated city in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2010 census, down from 2,227 at the 2000 census. Portola is located on the Middle Fork of the Feather River and was named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá, [5] although he did not explore ...
Fillmore & Western Railway Railroad Days Festival, March 2004. The track is a standard gauge railroad constructed in 1887 by Southern Pacific Railroad through the Santa Clara River Valley in Ventura County, California. This line was originally part of the Southern Pacific's main line between San Francisco and Los Angeles before the shorter ...
A passenger train on the Niles Canyon Railway. The Niles Canyon Railway (NCRy) is a heritage railway running on the first transcontinental railroad alignment (1866, 1869) through Niles Canyon, between Sunol and the Niles district of Fremont in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States.
Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California. The entire park preserves the historic core of the original Sierra Railway of California (later reincorporated as the Sierra Railroad). The railway's Jamestown locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities are remarkably intact and continue to function much as they have for over 100 years.
Added to NRHP. 1973. Casa de Tableta, now known as the Alpine Inn, and formerly known as Rossotti's Saloon and Zott's, [2] was built c.1851 in Portola Valley, California at the junction of Arastradero Road. [3] It was listed as a California Historical Landmark in 1969 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
September 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM. Glimpse beautiful autumn colors in the Tennessee River Valley by train. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. With its mountains and river gorges, it’s no wonder ...