Western Pacific Railroad: passenger trains

Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr departs WP’s Third Street station, Oakland, on inaugural run, March 20, 1949.
Fred Matthews

4-8-4 No. 481 with Oakland–Portola, Calif., Feather River Express, 1 mile east of Altamont, Calif., Aug. 16, 1947.
John C. Illman

Observation car Silver Planet, owned by WP for California Zephyr service.
Classic Trains coll.

Chicago–Oakland Exposition Flyer, with new California Zephyr cars in consist, west of Keddie, Calif., June 1948.
Fred Matthews

4-8-2 No. 173 with Oakland–Chicago Exposition Flyer stopped at Cholona, Nev., July 1940.
Guy L. Dunscomb

Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr at Winnemucca, Nev., January 1970.
Charles Fox

Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr meeting 2-8-8-2 at Pulga, Calif., early 1950s.
Fred Matthews

Portola–Oakland Feather River Express at Williams Loop, August 1947.
Fred Matthews

2-8-0 37 with weekly train of ex-Sacramento Northern interurban cars to and from Westwood, Calif., for men working at Halls Flat logging camp, mid-1940s.
Classic Trains coll.

Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr at Altamont Pass on inaugural run, March 20, 1949.
David Gray Edwards

4-6-0 78 with Portola–Oakland Portola Flyer at Stockton, Calif., 1947.
Classic Trains coll.

Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr at Niles, Calif., circa 1950.
Western Pacific

RDC2 375 working Salt Lake City–Oakland Zephyrette at Salt Lake City, circa 1951–52.
Classic Trains coll.

F3 802-A with Oakland–Salt Lake City train 2 at Jungo, Nev., Aug. 25, 1950.
Arthur Lloyd

4-8-2 177 with Chicago–Oakland Exposition Flyer at Winnemucca, Nev., July 1940.
Guy L. Dunscomb