WPRM Gondolas

Step Back in Time...

The WPRM has 159 pieces of rolling stock in our collection for our visitors to enjoy. Among these are an example of the Mighty "Centennial", a Union Pacific DDA40X locomotive, the largest diesel locomotive ever built at over 98 feet long! Our Western Pacific 2001 ushered in an entirely new era of Diesel Locomotive technology as it was the first turbocharged locomotive in America. The Western Pacific 805-A is the "Belle" of our fleet, as it was built to pull the famous "California Zephyr". Speaking of the Zephyr, the museum has many cars and artifacts of "The most talked about train in America". We also have one of the largest collections of cabooses in the country, and we invite you to ride a few of them to experience for yourself what it's like to be a freight Conductor! Enjoy Railroading in its "native habitat!

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A Gondola is defined as an open top freight car used for carrying commodities not requiring protection from the weather. They load and unload from the top, and carry items such as pipe, steel, poles, woodchips, sugar beets, and machinery, to name a few. Some even have ends that drop down to facilitate loading and unloading.

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum features several gondolas of various vintages and lengths, including WP 6424, one of the first freight cars to feature "Roller Bearing" wheel sets, which are now the industry wide standard and a requirement of modern day railroads.

The Gondola Cars of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum

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CNW 128127

Scrap metal car

CNW 128127

Scrap metal car

GONX 330488

Magnolia Tower parts

GONX 330488

Magnolia Tower parts

MP 27171 (1)

Crossing signal parts

MP 27171 (2)

MP 643595

Magnolia Tower parts

SP 358262

Beet gondola - built 5-48. 40' wood side sugar beet car.

SP 358646

Beet gondola - More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for SP 358646

WPMW 6116

composite gon - built 1917 . 40' wood from boxcar, donated by UPRR.

WPMW 11012

side dump (ex-Six Companies (Hoover Dam)- More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for WPMW 11012

WP 5023

More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for WP 5023

WP 6210

ex-Oro Dam Constructors, Inc. - More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for WP 6210

WP 6424

shorty gondola (for steel coils) - More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for WP 6424

WP 6550

Rail - More information HERE!

Audio Tour Page for WP 6550

Gondolas formerly of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum

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SP 359246

In 2016 WPRM agreed to donate SP 359246 to Arizona State Railroad Museum in Williams, AZ. Sister car SP 359247 donated to Arizona Railway Museum Chandler, AZ

Operated by the Feather River Rail Society, a California 501(c)3 Non Profit Organization

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