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07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

06/30/2024

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06/16/2024

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05/25/2024

BIG BOY CELEBRATION!!!

The FRRS is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, we will be hosting a visit by Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam locomotive!

The “Big Boy Westward Bound” tour will make a stop on July 10, in Portola, California providing a unique opportunity with the locomotive for viewing from the Western Pacific Railroad Museum.
This will be a rare chance for you to see this awesome locomotive in person. In addition, the WPRM will be providing several special activities on that day, including:

- Caboose train rides
- Motorcar rides provided by West Coast Railroaders Group
- Tours of historic equipment
- Model train exhibits, including Diablo Pacific and Wandering Railroad
- Food trucks
- and more!

The museum will open at 9 AM and close at 6 PM the day of the event. Parking is limited at the museum.

Access to view the “Big Boy” requires admission to the museum. Admission includes caboose train and motorcar rides. Pre-event, tickets can be purchased online at https://www.WPLives.org/BigBoyTickets

The day of the event, you will present your online receipt or ticket voucher at the entry gate to receive a wristband(s) and car pass, or purchase at the entry gate. Admission will require wristband.
Tickets can be purchased online pre-event. They are $20 general admission and $10 for those 5-18, 65 and over, and active military. Children 4 and under are free. At the entry gate on event day, prices will be $25 and $15 respectively. Feather River Rail Society members are free with their membership cards *.

For more information and additional announcements, please visit https://www.WPLives.org/BigBoy

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is located at 700 Western Pacific Way, west of Old Town Portola, across the Feather River from California Highway 70. Our website is https://www.WPLives.org

Don’t miss this rare chance to see the world’s largest operating steam locomotive!

Keep Safety Top of Mind
• Stand back at least 25 feet from all railroad tracks.
• Railroad tracks, trestles, yards and right of way are private property - do not trespass.
• Never assume tracks are abandoned or inactive - ALWAYS expect a train.

* - FRRS members with individual memberships (Associate, Active, Life) get 1 free admission, Sustaining members receive 2 free admissions and family levels (Family, Family Life) get 2 adult and 3 youth admissions.

NOTE: Schedules and events subject to change. The FRRS is not responsible for any changes to the event caused by outside factors such as mechanical breakdowns or schedule changes.

05/22/2024

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For all the train buffs out there, the Big Boy 4014 Steam Train is hitting the rails again this summer for a scenic tour across mountain ranges and high desert vistas along the west coast 🚂

Big Boy is the world's largest operating steam locomotive, and should be passing through Portola between July 6th and 11th.

Keep following along for more updates.

05/04/2024

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