Feather River Railroad Society (FRRX, FRRS)

Feather River Railroad Society (FRRX, FRRS) 1644, former Long Island RR (LI) 604, resting at the FRRS in Portola, CA, on an unrecorded date in or around 1988. At the time of this photo there was talk of FRRS painting it as UP 1644, right after UP's real FA1s.

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Steve Sloan's Trains : Preservation : Feather River Rail Society (FRRX, FRRS)

Feather River Rail Society (FRRX, FRRS)

Feather River Rail Society's (FRRS, reporting mark FRRX) Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad and is operated by the FRRS, founded in 1983. It is located at a former Western Pacific locomotive facility, adjacent to the Union Pacific's former Western Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon.

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Long Island RR (LI)

FRRX 6144, Former LI 604, ALCo FA2 Power Car

FRRX 1644 is an ALCo FA2 rebuilt into a power car. Reportedly: it was built in 1956, builders number 81086, as LN 314. It was rebuilt into a power car on the Long Island RR, becoming owned LI 604. After retirement it went to the FRRS then to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL.
Former LI 604 FA2 in Portola
Feather River Rail Society (FRRX, FRRS) 1644, former Long Island RR (LI) 604, resting at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, CA, on an unrecorded date in or around 1988. At the time of this photo there was talk of FRRS painting it as UP 1644, right after UP's real FA1s.
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Southern Pacific (SP)

Ex SP 4450 "Huff", EMD SD9 (SD9E), SP Class EF618E-2

SP 4450 was an EMD SD9E, SP class EF618E-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1954 as SD9 SP 5363, SP Class DF-120, builders number 19452. In 1965 it became SP 3822 SP Class EF618-1. It was rebuilt to SP 4450 in 1974. It was scrapped by FRRX at WPRM in 2013.
FRRX's ex-SP 4450 in Portola
On a sunny Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Feather River Railroad Society (FRRX), Western Pacific Railroad Museum's (WPRM) former Southern Pacific (SP) 4450 "Huff" is sitting awaiting its fate at the WPRM in Portola, CA.

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