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Home Control Panel Custom PagesWestern Pacific #918D

Western Pacific #918D

Technical Data

Builder	GM EMD, La Grange, IL
Number	8973
Date	January 1950
Type	F7
Wheel Arrangement	B-B
Power	Diesel-Electric
Gross Weight	119 tons
Tractive Effort	1500

History

Built new as Western Pacific Railroad No. 918D
Renumbered by WP to No. 918, October 1980
Retired March 1981 due to electrical fire
Donated to the PLA by the Western Pacific, June 1982
Restored to operation, 1982-1986
Undergoing restoration, Oakland, CA, 2002-2005
Moved to Niles Canyon June 2005
In Operation July 2005 on NCRY

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