Having just picked up the caboose crew on the rear, WP 3071 and two other WP GE's, with two BN EMD units, rev up to lift tonnage out of Keddie, Calif. northward to BN interchange at Klamath Falls,... (more)
A lone GE unit commands five EMDs as they lead tonnage eastward across one of the largest trestles on the Western Pacific at Clio, near Blairsden, Calif. on June 18, 1974. The train will travel t... (more)
View of the Stockton fuel racks
A group of 13 Western Pacific GP7s, GP9s, and GP20s await disposition in Union Pacific's South Yard in Salt Lake City. The WP 703 was retired in Apr. 1985 and sold to Mountain Diesel Transportatio... (more)
Appearing forlorn awaiting a return to service, WP GP35 3020 sits outside UP's North Yard Shops in Salt Lake City. The 3020 was wrecked in July 1982 on WP's Reno, Nevada branch. After the WP-UP me... (more)
On a hazy January afternoon in 1985, Western Pacific caboose 455 awaits a return to Salt Lake City on the PVSC local. Built for the WP in 1950 by International Car, the 455 had two months left to ... (more)
Soon after Western Pacific-Union Pacific merger in 1983, WP power was distributed throughout the Union Pacific system. A few WP GP35s found work between Provo and Geneva Works when UP retired thei... (more)
Western Pacific U30B 3051 and UP 2857 sit in the yard near Omaha after being retired from the UP roster. It would later be donated to the Western Pacific Museum in Portola, California.
A single GE U23B leads a Western Pacific local at the north end of Rio Grande's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The train consist includes a pair of D&RGW ballast loads and a long cut of mill gondo... (more)
Acquired in trade - Probably an R. J. Robl photo.
Just a simple view of WP GP7s 703 and 708 taking the day off in San Jose.
Happier times: Crowds watch the eastbound California Zephyr slow to a stop at Niles.
With the formation of the Burlington Northern in 1970, power from both BN and WP could be seen along the Inside Gateway anywhere between Seattle and Oroville. Here at Oroville, former SP&S 331 is ... (more)
A westbound WP freight leaving Oroville Yard with four F7s and a GP9 trailing.
Acquired in trade - location and photographer unknown