Quincy Railroad 1100 is a veteran EMD 1600 (TR6A) that was built in 1950 and has worked for Sierra Pacific Industries and Southern Pacific Railroads.

Quincy Railroad #3 is a GE 44 Ton switcher that now resides in the Western Pacific Museum in Portolo, California.

Quincy Railroad #4 is an Alco S1 built in 1942 for the Western Pacific Railroad. It was the first Alco Diesel-electric purchased by the WP RR. It now resides in the Western Pacific Museum in Por... (more)

Quincy Railroad 1100 (EMD TR6A) was built in 1950 and has served with the Southern Pacific and Sierra Pacific Industries Railroads. It now resides in the Western Pacific Museum in Portolo, Califo... (more)

Quincy Railroad 12 crosses Chandler Road at Quincy Junction with four empty centerbeams coming from the interchange with Union Pacific which is out of sight. The centerbeams will go to the SIerra ... (more)

Quincy #5 drops down the steep grade from Quincy Junction with another cut of empties for the lumber mill in Quincy,CA on a very foggy morning.

Quincy Railroad #5 crosses the valley before climbing the 4% grade to Quincy Junction with four loads from big lumber mill in Quincy, CA. There the crew will set out the loads for the UPRR local a... (more)

The day after winter solstice Quincy Railroad #5 drifts down out of the fog on the 4% grade near Quincy Junction with 9 empties for the big lumber mill in Quincy, CA.

A cold winter storm begins to break up as the #12 pulls a four-pack of loads from the Sierra Pacific Mill in Quincy. Sitting in a valley at only 3,500', Quincy is often spared from the harshness o... (more)

For over 100 years, the Quincy Railroad has connected the small mountain town of Quincy, California with the outside world. When the Western Pacific Railroad built the Feather River Route in the e... (more)

The Niles Canyon Railway steam special crosses the Farwell Bridge that carries the line over Alameda Creek and Highway 84.

The Quincy Railroad forwards empty log flats to the UP interchange at Wendel. The cars were used to haul fire salvage logs from Arizona to Sierra Pacific's sawmill at Susanville.

A train of Arizona fire salvage logs departs Wendel for Susanville. This was our chase on the day before Winterail 2003.

A train of fire-damaged salvage logs from Arizona crosses US 395 on the former SP Susanville branch. The logs would be milled at the Sierra Pacific plant in Susanville.

Both Quincy Railroad locomotives are shown at the Sierra Pacific mill in Susanville. The operation to move Arizona fire-salvage logs to supply the mill there was the last hurrah for the old SP bra... (more)