Western Pacific Railroad Museum / Feather River & Western

Owned and operated by the Feather River Rail Society, formaly called the Portola Railroad Museum
The Feather River & Western is part of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum
see: FR&W history

Feather River & Western 16
photo by: Tom Trencansky
Portola, CA. - July 2, 1994
FR&W 16

S12
c/n 75912, b/d 10/1953

- built for Mc Cloud River Railroad as #30
- to Rayonier as #203, 1963
- to US Steel Pittsburg, CA. as #16, 1974
- to the Portola Railroad Museum as Feather River & Western #16, 1993
- to the Mc Cloud Railway as #30, 1995

Feather River & Western 20
photo by: Marc Malnekoff
Portola, CA. - August 1994
FR&W 20

S12
c/n 75053, b/d 6/1951

- built for Oliver Iron Mining as #933
- to US Steel Pittsburg, CA. as #20
- to Portola Railroad Museum as Feather River & Western #20

Portola 2011
photo by: Nicholas Todd
Portola, CA. - July 2001
Oregon & Northwestern 3

AS616
c/n 75470, b/d 5/1952

- built for SP as #5274
- to the O&NW as #3 in 1968
- to the Feather River Rail Society, 1990
Oregon & Northwestern 4

AS616
c/n 75449, b/d 3/1952

- built for SP as #5253
- to the McCloud River as #34 in 1964
- acquired as O&NW as #4 in 1969
- to the Feather River Rail Society, 1990

Napa Valley
photo by: Thomas Hillebrant
Portola, CA - July, 2007
Napa Valley 51

DS4-4-660
c/n 73042, b/d 11/1946

- ordered by the Crows Nest Pass Coal Co. of Michel, BC for their Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway as #1

  • See our Morrissey, Fernie & Michel page for
    more history on this unit.


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