Western Railroad Discussion > Some MoP for a Monday

As part of the recent Portola Railroad Days the last weekend in August, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum arranged to have some Heritage Units on hand for the public to tour.

While we could not get our first picks, the WP and DRGW units, the UP graciously provided the MoP Heritage engine and a new Tier 4 EMD SD70.

We feature a short body MoP caboose on our excursion train and it is always a rider favorite. We quickly set about getting new graphics made to refresh the old, very faded graphics and then paired the caboose with the UP 1982. The fresh graphics got a lot of compliments and everyone enjoyed seeing the MoP Heritage unit paired with an authentic MoP caboose.

Wonder if this is the first time the engine has been coupled to original Missouri Pacific rolling stock?

Enjoy the photos. All taken by Greg Elems and posted with permission.


Eugene Vicknair
Feather River Rail Society
http://www.WPLives.org



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/17 14:02 by zephyrus.

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As much as I hate the MOP, that's pretty cool EJV.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> As much as I hate the MOP, that's pretty cool EJV.


Thanks MM. We had to make lemonade, you know?

Z