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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* | * http://www.wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/gerlach.html www.wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/gerlach.html -- | ||
WP & US Gypsum at Gerlach, Nevada, Spring 1974 | |||
* | * http://www.wplives.com/operations/divisions/index.html www.wplives.com/operations/divisions -- | ||
Western Pacific divisions | |||
* | * http://www.scripophily.net/weparaco19.html http://www.scripophily.net/weparaco19.html | ||
* | * http://www.wprrhs.org/index.html www.wprrhs.org -- Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society | ||
* | * http://www.wprrhs.org/links.html www.wprrhs.org/links.html -- (links) | ||
* http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm101.html ... The locomotive was placed in storage and retired in 1918 because of declining business on the V&T. It was sold in 1924 to the Pacific Portland Cement Company of Gerlach, Nevada where it saw service as PPC Co. switcher No. 501 until 1931. In 1938 the Empire was donated to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. There it remained until 1966 when it underwent a cosmetic restoration at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's San Francisco shipbuilding yards. ... | * http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm101.html www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm101.html -- | ||
... The locomotive was placed in storage and retired in 1918 because of declining business on the V&T. It was sold in 1924 to the Pacific Portland Cement Company of Gerlach, Nevada where it saw service as PPC Co. switcher No. 501 until 1931. In 1938 the Empire was donated to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. There it remained until 1966 when it underwent a cosmetic restoration at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's San Francisco shipbuilding yards. ... | |||
* http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam4.html 5 2-6-0 18x24 48" 124000 Baldwin 1908 Purchased new. Sold to Pacific Portland Cement Company as No. 2 in 1920; Operated at Pacific Portland Cement (PPC) plant, San Juan Bautista, 1927-1929, as No. 5; Operated at PPC plant Gerlach, Nevada as No. 5. | * http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam4.html www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam4.html -- | ||
5 2-6-0 18x24 48" 124000 Baldwin 1908 Purchased new. Sold to Pacific Portland Cement Company as No. 2 in 1920; Operated at Pacific Portland Cement (PPC) plant, San Juan Bautista, 1927-1929, as No. 5; Operated at PPC plant Gerlach, Nevada as No. 5. | |||
== Sidings == | == Sidings == | ||
* http://www.notyourdomain.com/oldwest/places/wprr.htm | * http://www.notyourdomain.com/oldwest/places/wprr.htm www.notyourdomain.com/oldwest/places/wprr.htm -- | ||
listed West to East | listed West to East | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 10 July 2007
Crossings
Union Pacific Crossing Hotline: 1-800-848-8715
- SR447 = 833-409F
- dunes = 833-410A (rumored to have been closed)
- Frog = 833-411A
- Trego = 833-412N
Links
- http://www.wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/gerlach.html www.wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/gerlach.html --
WP & US Gypsum at Gerlach, Nevada, Spring 1974
- http://www.wplives.com/operations/divisions/index.html www.wplives.com/operations/divisions --
Western Pacific divisions
- http://www.wprrhs.org/index.html www.wprrhs.org -- Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society
- http://www.wprrhs.org/links.html www.wprrhs.org/links.html -- (links)
- http://www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm101.html www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm101.html --
... The locomotive was placed in storage and retired in 1918 because of declining business on the V&T. It was sold in 1924 to the Pacific Portland Cement Company of Gerlach, Nevada where it saw service as PPC Co. switcher No. 501 until 1931. In 1938 the Empire was donated to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. There it remained until 1966 when it underwent a cosmetic restoration at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's San Francisco shipbuilding yards. ...
- http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam4.html www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam4.html --
5 2-6-0 18x24 48" 124000 Baldwin 1908 Purchased new. Sold to Pacific Portland Cement Company as No. 2 in 1920; Operated at Pacific Portland Cement (PPC) plant, San Juan Bautista, 1927-1929, as No. 5; Operated at PPC plant Gerlach, Nevada as No. 5.
Sidings
- http://www.notyourdomain.com/oldwest/places/wprr.htm www.notyourdomain.com/oldwest/places/wprr.htm --
listed West to East
1. Calneva, California 2. Flanigan 3. Sand Pass 4. Bryant 5. Sano 6. Reynard 7. Bronte 8. Phil 9. Gerlach 10. Ascalon 11. Trego 12. Cholona 13. Ronda 14. Sulphur 15. Floka 16. Antelope 17. Jungo 18. Gaskell 19. Pronto 20. Raglan 21. Krum 22. Marcus 23. Winnemucca
