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The first leg of our family's end of summer vacation 2009 landed us in the beautiful Feather River Canyon. The timing was due to the annual Portola Railroad Days and this year (our 7th) we decided to make it a long weekend and enjoy the area.

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Date: 8/22/2009 Road #: UP 5946 Location: Hawley, CA Builder/Model: GE C44AC-CTE more...   UP 5946 pushing hard on the end of a eastbound grain train at East Hawley (a few miles east of Portola, CA). The Loyalton branch is just off to the right and holds stored railcars.  Date: 8/22/2009 Road #: UP 5794   (2 photos) Location: Hawley, CA Builder/Model: GE C44AC-CTE more...   UP 5794 leads an eastbound grain train at Hawley on the Union Pacific's Canyon Subdivision  Date: August 2009 Road #: UP 6910 Location: Keddie, CA Builder/Model: GE AC6000CW more...   A 10 year old C60AC #6910, now converted to a standard 4400 horsepower, leads a westbound grain train over Keddie Wye.  Date: 8/22/2009 Road #: UP 5752 Location: Keddie, CA Builder/Model: GE C44AC-CTE more...   UP 5752 has the DPU honors on a heavy westbound grainer  Date: August 2009 Road #: UP 5464   (2 photos) Location: Williams Loop Builder/Model: GE C44AC-CTE more...   UP 5464 rounding Williams Loop facing west now but heading eastward to its destination.  Date: August 2009 Road #: UP 5464   (2 photos) Location: Cromberg, CA Builder/Model: GE C44AC-CTE more...   A one by one configuration for the power has UP 5464 leading an eastbound stack train through Cromberg. UP 8008 has the DPU duty on the rear of the train.

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