News from the Feather River Rail Society Jan-Mar 2009 Special Issue Issue 147 ISSUE 147 - Jan - Mar 2009 The Train Sheet - THE TRAIN SHEET - - BOARD OF DIRECTORS and OFFICERS - Rod McClure President
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[email protected] Contents Copyright C 2009 Thom Anderson WPRRHS Admin Feather River Rail Society David Epling Museum Manager
[email protected] All Rights Reserved Cover Photo - WP F7A 921-D leads a manifest train over Altamont Pass. FEATHER RIVER RAIL SOCIETY - FRRS / WPRRHS collection, Arthur Walter Keddie Library WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Table of Contents - Issue 147 MUSEUM at PORTOLA WPRM Equipment Roster 3 P. O. Box 608 . Portola, CA . 96122-0608 Diesel Locomotives 4 Museum: 530.832.4131 Electric and Steam Locomotives 7 Fax: 530.832.1854 Cabooses 8 Maintenance of Way 9 The museum grounds are open to the public from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM daily from the first Passenger Cars 10 Saturday in April through the first Monday in Boxcars 11 November. The Diesel Shop is open from 10:00 Refrigerator and Ice Cars 13 AM until 5:00 PM daily during these dates.