Nostalgia & History > More from the canyon

Some more random photos from the Feather River Canyon.

(1) WP GP40 3543 and U23B 2264 lead UP SD40-2's eastbound at Keddie, CA on August 31, 1980.

(2) WP 3523 leads an eastbound freight near Storrie, CA on March 21, 1981.

(3) BN 8112 leads Inside Gateway train BN139 off the highline at Keddie, CA on June 28, 1980.

Great series of images John!

Ah,for the sound of a lonesome WP M-5 in the Feather River Canyon...
Great images of fallen friends.

How far did the BN freights come in to California? I barely remember seeing the WP across Nevada as a kid and only saw BN the one time I went to Washington growing up. Didn't even know the BN came that far until I was reading "history" articles in high school.

Nathan

BN and WP pooled power Stockton - Seattle (trains 138-137) Stockton - Vancouver, WA (trains 140-139) and Stockton - Pasco (trains 170-171). The train symbols on the WP reflected the BN connections, e.g., "BN 139" was a WP train symbol.

Best regards,

Rob L.

Awesome John!
JB

rob_l Wrote:
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> BN and WP pooled power Stockton - Seattle (trains
> 138-137) Stockton - Vancouver, WA (trains 140-139)
> and Stockton - Pasco (trains 170-171). The train
> symbols on the WP reflected the BN connections,
> e.g., "BN 139" was a WP train symbol.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob L.

To add to what Rob Leachman wrote, BN power basically ran over the WP from Bieber, down the Hi-Line to Keddie Wye, then west and south down to Stockton. BN power rarely went west of Stockton, and rarely east of Keddie across Nevada to SLC.