Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 number 257 is seen at Portola California in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

4014 gets underway for the run down the Canyon Sub at the Clio Trestle, just west of Portola.

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 poses for some night shots during a photographer's event hosted by the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. The stars were shining bright on this warm evening.

Afternoon service. Members of the steam crew at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum perform some afternoon maintenance on their locomotive, after the conclusion of the day's passenger runs.... (more)

Malfunction Junction. On a sunny, warm, Forth of July weekend in 2022, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum's newly restored 0-6-0 #165 rumbles past "Malfunction Junction", with a ... (more)

Steaming again after nearly 70 years! Over the Fourth of July Weekend, 2022, the Western Pacific Railroad Museum held it's first public weekend of steam operations, using the newly restored... (more)

Western Pacific 0-6-0 No. 165 is seen on the loop track at Portola during its first day of public operation. It put on a great show!

UP GP35 789, the former Western Pacific 3009, at Portola, California, on June 14, 1987.

Included in this July 2000 view is a who's who of classic western motive power from Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Western Pacific. Shortly after this photo was taken WP 707 was repainted in... (more)

Milwaukee Road U25B 5057 is no longer part of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum collection at Portola, CA. Having never seen an actual MILW diesel in service (patched SOO "bandit" uni... (more)

California Zephyr power sits in front of a dome car. I believe it is Western Pacific 832 "Silver Hostel", a 1948 "Vista Dome" Lounge Car.

Full SP light package and Kodachrome paint.

Western Pacific Railroad Museum, where you can climb on the equipment (metal gets very hot in the sun)!

Western Pacific Railroad Museums collection of WP GP7s

Executive train with all C&NW equipment at Portola.