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The Feather River Express was a special passenger train that departed Oakland, CA on Friday August 20 and arrived at Portola, CA that evening. The route it took was the very scenic Feather River Route of the former Western Pacific railroad. The famous California Zephyr passenger train traversed these rails decades ago so this was a sort of recreation of those glory days. On Friday, I was able to photograph it at Cromberg and the Clio Trestle which are on the last few miles before it arrived at Portola. After spending Saturday enjoying the events of the Portola Railroad Days, we woke up Sunday morning to give chase to the train on its voyage home. It departed Portola around 9am with the 14 passenger cars in tow and headed back through the canyon to Oroville, this time lead by an original Western Pacific GP20 number 2001. I hope you enjoy the photos from this trip!

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Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Keddie, CA Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   Western Pacific 2001 leads the Feather River Express westbound over the Keddie Wye with 14 trailing passenger cars.  Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Tobin Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   WP 2001 leading the Feather River Express over the bridge at Tobin.  Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Rock Creek Trestle Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   WP 2001 towers above at the Rock Creek trestle.  Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Rock Creek Trestle Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   WP 2001 and a pair of Amtrak GEs lead the Feather River Express over Rock Creek Trestle.  Date: August 2010 Road #: PPCX 800333   (11 photos) Location: Rock Creek Trestle Builder/Model: BUDD Passenger more...   The CB&Q Silver Solarium and a pair of additional original California Zephyr passenger cars traverse familiar trackage seen here at Rock Creek Trestle.  Date: August 2010 Road #: PPCX 800333   (11 photos) Location: Honeymoon Tunnels Builder/Model: BUDD Passenger more...   CB&Q Silver Solarium shines in the mid day sun as it escapes from the cold shadows of the canyon walls.  Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Rock Creek Trestle Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   The WP orange is a nice compliment to nature's greens and blues.  Date: August 2010 Road #: WP 2001   (17 photos) Location: Elsey, CA Builder/Model: EMD GP20 more...   WP 2001 wraps around the hill side as it heads down into Oroville, CA  Date: August 2010 Road #: PPCX 800333   (11 photos) Location: Elsey, CA Builder/Model: BUDD Passenger more...   The Silver Solarium glides along the rails in a very beautiful part of Northern California.  Date: August 2010 Road #: AMTK 201   (4 photos) Location: Cromberg, CA Builder/Model: GE P42DC more...   AMTK 2001 leads the eastbound Feather River Express #904 on it's last few miles of its trip to Portola, CA.    Next 10 >>

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