The WPRM at Portola, California is home to one of the largest museum collections of diesel locomotives in the country. The museum offers seasonal train rides on historic cabooses, cab rides in historic locomotives and even the opportunity to operate a locomotive in our Run a Locomotive (RAL) program.

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information.

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is located atop the headwaters of the North Fork of the Feather River in the quaint mountain town of Portola. Lodging, restaurants, and plenty of shopping options are available in Portola, along with many options for family fun and entertainment in …

The museum is owned and operated by the Feather River Rail Society. On our society website you can find historical information about the Western Pacific Railroad and our collection. Information about how to join the society is at Membership.

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is located in scenic Plumas County. The Northern California Community of Portola is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at the headwaters of the Feather River. It is a living museum in the form of a small diesel locomotive facility typical of the 1950's & 60's.

Oct 14, 2024 · Come ride with the crews of today's "Western Pacific Railroad" on a leisurely journey around the museum grounds in a vintage caboose, just like the Brakemen and Conductors of years past when every freight train was completed with a …

This facility is now home to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola. By the late 1990s, the FRRS had assembled what is considered by many to be one of the premier collections of equipment and archival material focusing on a single railroad family.

A self-guided tour of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. As you walk around the grounds, look for the signs with exhibit QR codes or type the unit's road number in the exhibit navbar to learn more about the piece of equipment you're looking at.

This facility became home to what is now the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola. Our collection includes locomotives, rolling stock, an extensive gathering of corporate records, paperwork, artifacts and historic photos and films.

This is the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California. Over 100 railroad cars and locomotives are spread over this mutli-acre trainyard. Most look like they'll never roll again, but will instead decay in place.