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After making a pickup, Union Pacific's APOA4 departs WP Garfield while the HKYR departs UP Garfield with 70 cars the afternoon of Feb. 25, 1995.
In May 1976 WP GP40 was at the WP’s Sacramento Jeffery Shops for some minor side swipe repairs.
Kodachrome 64 Slide
WP GP40 3538 leads a piggy back train eastbound out of Portola in June 1978. Already the UP is showing it's presence on the WP property as a prelude of thing to come in the future.
Kodachrome 64 Slide
WP GP7 705 is still wearing it's factory orange and silver paint in July of 1975 as seen here at South Sacramento.
Kodachrome 64 Slide.
BN X8120N on the WP about to crossing under highway 89 at Greenville, CA WP's 4th Subdivision on August 31, 1980.
When I first visited and photographed WP Feather River in late August 1974 a friend I took a photo of an BN train from this same bridge at about the same time of day. The lumber mill in the background of this photo looked very busy in late August 1974 with lots of fresh lumber to make something. In this photo six years latter the lumber company looks like it is closed.