The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) holds in its collection a total of twenty-nine diesel locomotives, one electric locomotive, one steam locomotive, fifteen passenger cars, numerous freight and maintenance cars and eighteen cabooses. They offer excursions and a "Run A Locomotive" program during the summer. The WPRM has one of the larger collections of early diesel era locomotives and freight cars in North America. The museum is often considered to have one of the most complete and historic collections of equipment and materials from a single railroad family. The holdings also include extensive corporate records and images, as well as personal collections from those who worked for the Western Pacific Railroad (WP).
Currently owned This section is a list of equipment owned by the WPRM.
Locomotives PhotographLocomotiveModelBuild dateBuilderStatusNotesRefs.Western Pacific 165S-34November 1919ALCO-SchenectadyOperational as of April 2022Western Pacific 501EMD SW1August 1939Electro-Motive DivisionOut of service for maintenanceQuincy Railroad 3GE 44-tonAugust 1945GE TransportationOut of serviceWestern Pacific 805-AEMD FP7January 1950Electro-Motive DivisionFeather River and Western 1857FM H-12-44January 1953Fairbanks-MorseSouthern Pacific 2873EMD GP9December 1956Electro-Motive DivisionOut of service, Oil system repairs complete, water pump removed for rebuild.Kennecott Copper 778GE 125-tonApril 1958GE TransportationStatic display.Western Pacific 2001EMD GP20November 1959Electro-Motive DivisionOperationalWestern Pacific 3051GE U30BSeptember 1967GE TransportationUnder cosmetic restoration.Union Pacific 6946EMD DDA40XSeptember 1971Electro-Motive DivisionOn static displayWestern Pacific 1503EMD SW1500May 1973Operational
Passenger cars PhotographCar numberBuild dateBuilderTypeStatusNotesReferencesWestern Pacific 106 "Pioneer"1917Pullman CompanyBusiness-Observation CarOperational
Formerly owned, surplus
Locomotives PhotographLocomotiveModelBuild dateManufacturerDeclaration date as "Surplus"StatusNotesRefs.Southern Pacific 3191GP9RMay 1954Electro-Motive Division -Sold to the Connecticut Central (CCCL) in 1998Southern Pacific 3413GP9EApril 1956 -Sold to Arizona Central Railroad (AZRC) in 1994Southern Pacific 4404SD9EApril 1955February 6, 2013Sold to Western Rail Inc. (WRIX) in 2014.Southern Pacific 4450SD9EApril 1954Scrapped on August 20, 2013Milwaukee Road 5057U25BAugust 1965General ElectricStored at the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA). Owned by Cascade Rail FoundationUnion Pacific 849GP30September 1962Electro-Motive Division2017-2019Sold to Western Rail, Inc (WRIX), now operates at Central Montana Rail (CMR)
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