Northwestern Pacific Railroad

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Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Reporting mark	NWP
Locale	California's North Coast from Marin County - Eureka
Dates of operation	c. 1907–1992
Successor	Southern Pacific
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge); 80 miles (130 km) of system originally, 3 ft (914 mm)
Headquarters	Eureka, California
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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (reporting mark NWP) was a regional railroad serving California's North Coast. The railroad ran from the North Bay at Tiburon to Eureka, California, primarily near the U.S. Route 101 corridor.

The NWP ran an electrified interurban commuter railroad in Marin County until 1941. The opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937 caused commuters to shift from the train-ferry service to commuting by bus and car.

The NWP was merged into the Southern Pacific in 1992, only four years before the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Modern History 1.2 Eureka Southern Railroad saves the Willits - Eureka line from abandonment 1.3 North Coast Railroad Authority 2 Locomotives 3 Narrow-Gauge Line 4 Narrow-Gauge Locomotives 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] History

Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Technical
Line length	462.6 km
Track gauge	1435 mm

Northwestern Pacific Railroad (Main Line)

Legend 462,6 Samoa, California 461,1 California State Route 255 455,8 Mad River Slough 449,8 Arcata, California 447,4 Gannon 444,6 Bracut 441,8 Brainard 438,8 Freshwater Slough 438,0 California State Route 255 436,4 Eureka, California 430,4 Elk River 426,3 South Bay 424,0 U.S. Route 101 418,9 Salmon Creek 416,8 Tunnel 40 415,4 Loleta, California 414,9 Swauger Creek and Eel River Drive 411,7 Fernbridge 408,4 U.S. Route 101 407,6 Fortuna, California 405,7 Strong Creek 405,0 Rohnerville 402,1 Alton 400,6 Van Duzen River 396,2 Stone 393,0 Nanning Creek 391,7 U.S. Route 101 391,6 Yoder 391,5 Wildwood Avenue 390,8 Scotia, California 387,9 Glynn 385,6 U.S. Route 101 384,2 Stitz Creek 376,8 Tunnel 39 376,3 Panther Creek 375,7 Shively Creek 374,8 Shively 371,8 Tunnel 38 369,0 Larabee Creek 368,5 Larabee 365,1 Weber Creek 361,8 Eel River 361,5 South Fork 359,8 Dyerville Loop Road 356,2 Tunnel 37 350,2 Sonoma Creek 347,9 Tunnel 36 346,6 Tunnel 35 345,0 Tunnel 34 342,0 Eel Rock 336,6 Brock Creek 328,4 Fort Seward 321,8 Tunnel 31 320,5 Fort Seward Creek 317,1 Tunnel 30 316,2 Alderpoint, California 315,4 Zenia Road 312,2 Eel River 303,3 Tunnel 29 302,3 Kekawaka 301,8 Kekawaka Creek 301,5 Tunnel 28 300,5 Queatchumpah Creek 294,9 Quarry Spur 294,0 Tunnel 27 293,3 Eel River 293,0 Island Mountain 282.8,0 Tunnel 24 277,8 Bell Springs Creek 276,7 Bell Springs 274,8 Tunnel 23 274,4 Blue Rock Creek 269,8 Spy Rock 268,5 Tunnel 22 266,8 Shell Rock Creek 263,4 Tunnel 21 262,6 Nasmead 262,3 Tunnel 20 256,2 Woodman Creek 256,1 Tunnel 18 255,6 Woodman 252,8 Tunnel 17 249,6 Berger Creek 249,0 Tunnel 16 248,2 Dos Rios 243,6 Tunnel 15 239,3 Tunnel 14 237,2 Outlet Creek 234,8 Farley 233,5 Outlet Creek 233,3 Outlet Creek 231,6 Outlet Creek 231,4 Tunnel 14 225,8 Longvale 225,1 Outlet Creek 223,6 Outlet Creek 222,8 U.S. Route 101 221,8 Tunnel 12 220,6 Outlet Creek 218,9 Outlet Creek 218,2 Outlet Creek 217,4 Outlet Creek 214,9 Outlet Creek 214,7 Tunnel 11 210,7 Outlet Creek 207,8 Little Lake 205,0 Willits, California 200,5 U.S. Route 101 194,9 U.S. Route 101 191,9 Ridge 180,2 Laughlin 177,5 Russian River 177,2 Redwood Valley, California 174,6 California State Route 20 174,6 Russian River 173,8 Calpella, California 169,0 Norlake 167,4 Ackerman Creek 167,1 Presswood 166,1 U.S. Route 101 164,2 Ukiah, California 160,5 U.S. Route 101 158,4 Robinson Creek 142,0 Hopland, California 141,4 Feliz Creek 139,6 U.S. Route 101 133,6 Tunnel 9 132,2 Tunnel 8 128,4 Commiskey Creek 124,4 Tunnel 7 122,6 Tunnel 6 121,0 U.S. Route 101 118,8 Tunnel 5 118,1 Cloverdale, California 111,9 Asti, California 105,0 Omus 103,1 Geyserville, California 96,8 Lytton 90,6 Healdsburg, California 90,0 Russian River 89,3 Bailhache 88,3 U.S. Route 101 88,0 Grant 85,8 Old Redwood Highway 82,4 Windsor, California 79,3 Shiloh 77,0 Mark West 75,4 Fulton 67.9 Santa Rosa, California 67,5 Santa Rosa Creek 67,3 California State Route 12 62,9 Todd 59,7 U.S. Route 101 55,6 Cotati, California 47,4 Crown 45,7 U.S. Route 101 45,4 Petaluma Creek 44,5 Park Siding 44,0 Petaluma Creek 43,4 Petaluma, California 41,9 U.S. Route 101 41,3 Petaluma Creek 31,9 Burdell 26,3 Novato, California 24,2 Novato Creek 23,1 Ignacio, California 22,9 California State Route 37 22,0 Novato Creek 18,1 Petaluma River 17,9 Black Point 3,6 Sonoma Creek 0,0 Schellville

The early history and predecessors of the NWP can be traced back to the dawning of rail service in the 1860s in Marin and Sonoma Counties and the redwood lumber railroads near Eureka. These earlier roads include the Sonoma Prismoidal, (an early wooden monorail), the narrow gauge North Pacific Coast Railroad, the Arcata and Mad River Railroad, and the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad.

• California Midland Railroad extended the Eel River and Eureka Railroad up the Van Duzen River to Carlotta, and was merged into SF&NW in 1903.

• California Northwestern Railway formed in 1898 for Southern Pacific Railroad to assume control of the SF&NP and extend the line from Ukiah to Willits in 1902. An extension was built from Willits to Sherwood in 1904. Merged into NWP in 1907.

• California and Northern Railway was formed by Santa Fe Railroad to build north from Eureka to Arcata in 1901, and was merged into SF&NW in 1904.

• Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad extended the SF&NP from Cloverdale to Ukiah in 1889.

• Eel River and Eureka Railroad connected Humboldt Bay with the Eel River town of Fortuna in 1884, and was merged into SF&NW in 1903.

• Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad formed in 1905 for Santa Fe Railroad to assume control of the isolated 24-mile (39 km) Albion River Railroad built in 1891. Merged into NWP in 1907, but never connected to the remainder of the NWP system.

• Fulton and Guerneville Railroad constructed the 15-mile (24 km) SF&NP branch from Fulton to Guerneville in 1877.

• Marin and Napa Railroad extended the Sonoma Valley narrow-gauge 8 miles (13 km) from Sears Point to connect with the SF&NP at Ignacio in 1888.

• North Pacific Coast Railroad built a 3 ft (914 mm)-gauge line from Sausalito via the Tomales Bay coast to the Russian River in 1876. Became North Shore Railroad in 1902.

• North Shore Railroad formed to assume control of the North Pacific Coast narrow-gauge in 1902. Merged into NWP in 1907.

• Oregon and Eureka Railroad was formed in 1903 for Southern Pacific Railroad to assume control of logging lines around Arcata at the north end of Humboldt Bay.^[1] Selected lines to Trinidad were merged into Northwestern Pacific in 1911.^[2] The Trinidad extension reverted to Hammond Lumber Company control in 1933 and operated as logging branches of the Humboldt Northern Railway until 1948.^[3]

• Pacific Lumber Company built 7 miles (11 km) of track in 1885 to connect their mill at Scotia with the Eel River and Eureka Railroad at Alton. Branch lines were subsequently built up the Eel River; and these lines merged into SF&NW in 1903.

• Petaluma and Haystack Railroad built from Petaluma to Haystack landing on the Petaluma River in 1864. Purchased by SF&NP in 1876.

• San Francisco and Eureka Railway formed by Southern Pacific Railroad in 1903 to build a connection from Willits to Eureka. Merged into NWP in 1907.

• San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad (SF&NP) built from Donahue landing on the Petaluma River to Santa Rosa in 1870 and extended to Cloverdale in 1872. Extended from Petaluma to San Rafael in 1879. Extended from San Rafael to Tiburon by the San Francisco & San Rafael in 1884. Extended from Cloverdale to Ukiah by the Cloverdale & Ukiah in 1889. Merged in NWP in 1907.

• San Francisco and Northwestern Railway (SF&NW) formed by Santa Fe Railroad in 1903 to consolidate the California and Northern Railway from Arcata to Eureka, the Eel River and Eureka Railroad from Eureka to Alton, The California Midland from Alton to Carlotta, and the Pacific Lumber Company lines from Alton up the Eel River. Merged into NWP in 1907.

• San Francisco and San Rafael Railroad extended the SF&NP from San Rafael to Tiburon in 1884.

• San Rafael and San Quentin Railroad narrow gauge in operation in 1879.

• Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Green Valley Railroad built the 6-mile (9.7 km) SF&NP branch from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol in 1890.

• Sonoma and Santa Rosa Railroad extended the Sonoma Valley narrow-gauge from Sonoma to Glen Ellen in 1882.

• Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway built from Petaluma River landing 5 miles (8.0 km) to Schellville in 1877 and converted to the narrow-gauge Sonoma Valley Railroad a year later.

• Sonoma Valley Railroad purchased Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway in 1878, converted it to a conventional 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, and extended it into Sonoma in 1879. Extended from Sonoma to Glen Ellen by the Sonoma & Glen Ellen in 1882. Extended from Sears Point landing to rail connection at Ignacio by Marin & Napa in 1888.

Southern Pacific Railroad controlled the NWP line from Schellville to Willits while Santa Fe Railroad controlled the northern end of NWP built by Humboldt County lumber companies. Both major railroads wanted rail connection to the redwood lumber mills around Humboldt Bay. Southern Pacific planned to extend its California Northwestern Railway down the Eel River from Willits, while Santa Fe planned to extend their San Francisco and Northwestern Railway up the South Fork Eel River through Lake County to connect with their Central Valley line at Galt. NWP was formed as a jointly owned subsidiary in 1907 to build a shared line after both companies compared construction costs to potential revenue. The line was completed in 1914. Santa Fe sold its interest to Southern Pacific in 1929.^[4]

NWP mileposts conform to Southern Pacific Railroad convention of distance from San Francisco, California:^[5]

Milepost 40.4 - Schellville junction with Sonoma Branch

Milepost 28.7 - Black Point bridge over Petaluma River

Milepost 25.8 - Ignacio junction with San Rafael branch

Milepost 27.8 - Novato

Milepost 37.2 - bridge over Petaluma River

Milepost 38.5 - Petaluma

Milepost 46.1 - Cotati

Milepost 53.8 - Santa Rosa

Milepost 58.5 - Fulton junction with Guerneville branch

Milepost 62.9 - Windsor

Milepost 67.6 - bridge over Russian River

Milepost 68 - Healdsburg

Milepost 75.8 - Geyserville

Milepost 85.2 - Cloverdale

Milepost 100.1 - Hopland

Milepost 114 - Ukiah

Milepost 120 - Calpella

Milepost 122.1 - Redwood Valley

Milepost 131.4 - Ridge summit between Russian River and Eel River drainages is highest point on line

Milepost 139.5 - Willits interchange with California Western Railroad (Union Lumber Company)

Milepost 166.5 - line enters Eel River Canyon at Dos Rios

Milpost 194.8 - bridge over Eel River at south entrance of Island Mountain tunnel

Milepost 206.5 - bridge over Eel River

Milepost 209 - Alderpoint

Milepost 237.7 - South Fork bridge over Eel River

Milepost 255.6 - Scotia interchange with Pacific Lumber Company

Milepost 261.8 - bridge over Van Duzen River

Milepost 262.7 - Alton junction with Carlotta Branch

Milepost 266.1 - Fortuna

Milepost 271 - Loleta

Milepost 284.1 - Eureka

Milepost 292.5 - Arcata

Milepost 295.2 - Korblex interchange with Arcata and Mad River Railroad (Northern Redwood Company)

Milepost 300.5 - Samoa interchange with Humboldt Northern Railway (Hammond Lumber Company)

[edit] Modern History

The line was prone to problems caused by the elements and tunnel fires, making the railroad expensive to maintain. Keeping freight customers had to be a challenge also, as service was frequently disrupted.

• January 1953 a severe rainstorm caused earth and debris to slip suddenly from the face of the Scotia Bluffs sweeping an 80-ton locomotive into the Eel River and killing three crewmen.
• July 1961 a tunnel fire north of San Rafael decapitated the line south into Marin County until it was finally repaired in 1967.
• December 1964, flooding washed out over 100 miles (160 km) of the northern end of the line inside the Eel River Canyon.
• September 1978, a tunnel fire north of Island Mountain severed the line for a year.
• January 1980, flooding washed out the tracks at NWP's Schellville interchange.

With up to 115 in (290 cm) of rainfall each year, unstable geology, and seismic activity, the Eel River Canyon has been deemed unsuitable for economic use. In September 1983 the SP announced that it was shutting down the maintenance-intensive NWP line north of Willits. This led to a contentious court battle as the SP did not properly notify the Interstate Commerce Commission of their intent to abandon the line. The line was ordered reopened by the U.S. Circuit Court in March 1984.

In 1998, the railroad was shut down due to recuring winter damage, unsafe conditions, and promised state relief money that didn't come. In 2001, the NWP was reopened between Willits and Novato, but was shut down by the Federal Railroad Administration. As of 2009, Work forces have already begun tie and ballest reconstruction from Schellville to Windsor, and electric crews have replaced and worked on many of the railroad crossings. When the freight service comes back, the North Coast Rail Authority will run eight or less car trains, and carry no hazerdous materials. A hope for the NCRA is to have freight service resume all the way up to Willits by the year 2020.

[edit] Eureka Southern Railroad saves the Willits - Eureka line from abandonment

On September 8, 1983, investor Bryan R. R. Whipple came to rescue the line and his new railroad, the Eureka Southern Railroad, was incorporated. He purchased the line north of Willits from NWP for $4.95 million and on November 1, 1984 the railroad commenced operations.

The Eureka Southern operated the railroad with four EMD 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) locomotives it acquired from Conrail that were built in 1969.

The Eureka Southern struggled to make money on the line and on December 15, 1986 they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, however the railroad continued operations. The railroad tried operating excursion trains such as the North Coast Daylight. It should also be noted that during this period environmental concerns severely restricted logging. Logs, lumber, and wood products were the primary commodities carried by the Eureka Southern.

In September 1988 the ES purchased the 7 mi (11 km) shortline Arcata and Mad River Railroad from Simpson Timber Company for $300,000. The A&MR had been closed for the two-year period prior to its purchase by the Eureka Southern.

The death knell of the ES sounded on April 25, 1992 when an earthquake and a related landslide at Scotia Bluff closed the line.

[edit] North Coast Railroad Authority

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In 1992, the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) purchased the Eureka Southern and leased the line to the newly-formed North Coast Railroad. The NCRA was created by state law in 1989 to preserve the Northwestern Pacific line from future abandonment. The new NWP currently operates the line from Eureka to Schellville over the length of the original route of the NWP. In 1996, the North Coast RR and the former "south end", owned by the Southern Pacific RR, became the "new" Northwestern Pacific Railroad under public ownership. The goals of the new Northwestern Pacific Railroad include handling more freight by rail along the Highway 101 corridor, establishing passenger excursion trains, and eventually providing regular passenger commuter service. In 1998 the railroad, which had more than 208 damaged sites along 216 mi (350 km), became the first and only railroad in the United States to be officially closed by the Federal Railroad Administration.

On May 31, 2006, NCRA announced that it had selected a new operator for the line. The winning bidder was NWP, Inc., led by CEO John H. Williams who had been instrumental in setting up Caltrain service on the San Francisco peninsula. Repairs to the line were started in the middle of 2009. The details of the lease to NWP, Inc., are expected to be finalized by July 2006.^[6] By late 2007, the NCRA was granted 500 Million dollars to restore the original line from Napa to Willits. With measure Q passing in 2008, the new SMART Rail is being planned between Larkspur and Cloverdale. The NCRA and Northwestern Pacific Railway origionaly planed to start regular freight service on the line in late Fall 2009,but a lawsuit filed by the City of Novato pushed the date back to late 2009, to early 2010. The California Northern Railroad (CFNR) will also still own the Track from Lombard (Napa) to Schellville, and have Trackage Rights granted from Schellville to Willits.

[edit] Locomotives

Number	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes[7]
1	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	7400	ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #2 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #2 retired in 1916
2	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1883	7013	ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #1 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #1 retired in 1920
3	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1887	8947	ex-Los Angeles County Railroad #3 then Eureka and Klamath River Railroad #6 then Oregon and Eureka Railroad #6 retired in 1923
4	Norris Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1862	1009	ex-San Francisco and San Jose Railroad #2 then San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #1 retired 1920
5	Booth	4-4-0	1873	17	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #5 scrapped 1911
6	Booth	4-4-0	1870	14	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #2 destroyed by boiler explosion 1915[8]
7	Booth	4-4-0	1870	15	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #3 retired 1920
8	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1881	5485	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #8 retired 1925
9	Grant Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1883	1664	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #9 reboilered 1917 retired 1938[9]
10	Grant Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1883	1665	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #10 reboilered 1917 scrapped 1937[10]
11	Grant Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1878		ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #6 scrapped 1912
12	Grant Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1878		ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #7 retired 1926[11]
13	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1875	3831	ex-Santa Fe Railroad #07 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway retired 1929
14	Grant Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1888		ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #14 reboilered 1915 retired 1926[10]
15	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1878	4416	ex-New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad #203>#503 then Santa Fe Railroad #103>#049 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #7 scrapped 1930
16	Pennsylvania Railroad	4-4-0	1886	1031	ex-Pennsylvania Railroad #452 then Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad #452 then Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad #8298>#298>#343 then Pacific Lumber Company #3 then Eel River and Eureka Railroad#4 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #4 retired 1930
17	Rogers Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1889	4155	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #17 scrapped 1935[12][13]
18	Rogers Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1889	4154	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #16 wrecked 1910[14]
19	Rogers Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	3305	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #12 reboilered 1917 scrapped 1937[15]
20	Rogers Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	3306	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #13 reboilered ~1916 retired ~1932[16]
21	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1904	24035	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #24 scrapped 1937[17]
22	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1908	44959	scrapped 1938[18]
23	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1908	44960	scrapped 1949[19][20]
51	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1914	54580	scrapped 1938
52	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1914	54581	scrapped 1938
53	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1914	54582	scrapped 1938
54	American Locomotive Company	4-4-0	1914	54583	scrapped 1938
99	E. Jardine	0-4-0T	1887		purchased by San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 1898 sold 1910 North Bend Lumber Company[8]
101	Rogers Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1889	4212	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #18 scrapped 1928
102	Grant Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1888		ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #15 retired 1929
103	Richmond Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1901	3304	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #20 scrapped 1935
104	Richmond Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1901	3303	ex-California Northwestern Railway #31 scrapped 1936
105	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1902	25620	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #21 scrapped 1934
106	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1902	25621	ex-California Northwestern Railway #32 then San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #25 scrapped 1934
107	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1904	23933	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #22 scrapped 1937
108	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1904	23951	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #23 scrapped 1948[21][22]
109	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1900	18179	ex-California Northwestern Railroad #30 scrapped 1948[23]
110	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1900	17759	ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #19 scrapped 1937
111	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1908	44955	scrapped 1949[11]
112	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1908	44956	preserved California State Railroad Museum[12][24]
113	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1908	44957	scrapped 1947
114	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1908	44958	wrecked 1946[21][25]
130	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1910	49089	scrapped 1938
131	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1910	49090	scrapped 1938
132	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1910	49091	scrapped 1938
133	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1910	49092	scrapped 1938
134	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1912	51536	scrapped 1940
135	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1912	51537	scrapped 1940
136	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54578	scrapped 1940
137	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54579	scrapped 1940
138	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54975	scrapped 1940
139	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54976	scrapped 1947[26]
140	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54977	scrapped 1957[21]
141	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54978	scrapped 1954
142	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1922	55356	scrapped 1953
143	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1922	55473	scrapped 1953
170	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1907	30105	ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #4 purchased 1918 scrapped 1950
171	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1907	30106	ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #5 purchased 1918 scrapped 1946[27]
172	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1907	31094	ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #8 purchased 1918 scrapped 1948
178	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1906	29726	ex-Bullfrog Goldfield #13>#11 purchased 1917 scrapped 1954[28]
179	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1907	44753	ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #12 purchased 1917 scrapped 1952
180	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54979	renumbered from #160 1918 scrapped 1952
181	American Locomotive Company	4-6-0	1914	54980	renumbered from #161 1918 scrapped 1955
182	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1922	55351	scrapped 1955
183	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1922	55470	scrapped 1955
184	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1922	55471	destroyed in Scotia Bluffs slide 1953
201	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-6-2T	1903	22446	ex-California Northwestern Railway #33 tender added 1910 scrapped 1930
202	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-6-2T	1903	22474	ex-California Northwestern Railway #34 tender added 1910 scrapped 1937
225	H. K. Porter, Inc	2-4-2T	1887	905	ex-National City and Otay Railroad #5 then Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad #1 scrapped 1937
226	Hinkley Locomotive Works	0-6-0	1880		ex-Santa Fe Railroad #122>#2232 then Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad #2 scrapped 1910
227	American Locomotive Company	0-6-0	1910	48037	scrapped 1948
228	American Locomotive Company	0-6-0	1910	48038	scrapped 1949
229	American Locomotive Company	0-6-0	1914	54981	scrapped 1948
230	American Locomotive Company	0-6-0	1914	54982	scrapped 1948
231	American Locomotive Company	0-6-0	1914	54983	scrapped 1950
251	Lima Locomotive Works	Shay	1904	909	ex-Northwestern Redwood Company #1 then California Northwestern Railway 2nd #32 scrapped 1935
255	Heisler	Heisler	1912	1254	ex-Jordan River Lumber Company #7 then Horseshoe Lumber Company #7 purchased 1922 sold Shaw Bertram Lumber Company 1924
300	Cooke Locomotive Works	2-6-0	1901	2624	ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2140>#1714 leased 1929 retired 1934
301	Cooke Locomotive Works	2-6-0	1901	2626	ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2142>#1716 leased 1929 retired 1934
351	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-6-0	1887	8776	ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #3 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #3 renumbered from #151 1914 scrapped 1916
352	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-6-0	1886	8092	ex-Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad #65>#314 then Santa Fe Railroad #0179 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #5 renumbered from #152 1914 scrapped 1929
353	American Locomotive Company	2-6-0	1908	45284	renumbered from #153 1914 scrapped 1935
354	American Locomotive Company	2-6-0	1908	45285	renumbered from #154 1914 scrapped 1935

[edit] Narrow-Gauge Line

The NWP 3 ft (914 mm)-gauge line was built as the North Pacific Coast Railroad in 1873 from a San Francisco ferry connection at Sausalito to the Russian River at Monte Rio. Rails were extended downriver to Duncans Mills in 1876, and up Austin Creek to Cazadero in 1886. This narrow-gauge line became the Shore Division of the NWP formed by Santa Fe and Southern Pacific in 1907. The standard-gauge NWP Guerneville branch was extended to Monte Rio in 1907 and the line from Monte Rio to Duncans Mills was dual-gauged in 1909. Summer tourists from San Francisco visited Russian River vacation spots via joint narrow-gauge/standard-gauge NWP "triangle" excursions until automobile travel became more popular. The southern end of the line was standard-gauged from San Francisco Bay to Point Reyes Station at the head of Tomales Bay in 1920. The line up Austin Creek to Cazadero was standard-gauged in 1926. The remaining line from Monte Rio to Point Reyes Station was dismantled in 1930.^[29]

Mileposts conform to Southern Pacific Railroad convention of distance from San Francisco^[30]

Milepost 6.5 - Sausalito^[31][32]

Milepost 11.7 - tunnel 1

Milepost 12.6 - Corte Madera^[33]

Milepost 13.4 - Larkspur

Milepost 14.7 - Kentfield

Milepost 16.5 - Junction later known as San Anselmo^[34]

Milepost 18.3 - Fairfax

Milepost 20.7 - tunnel 2

Milepost 23.1 - Nicasio

Milepost 27 - bridge over Paper Mill Creek and highway^[35]

Milepost 35.6 - Arroyo San Geronimo trestle^[36]

Milepost 36.4 - Point Reyes Station^[37]

Milepost 45.4 - Marshall

Milepost 50.5 - bridge over Keyes Creek^[38]

Milepost 51.9 - tunnel 3^[39]

Milepost 53.1 - Tomales^[40]

Milepost 53.7 - tunnel 4

Milepost 54.9 - Stemple Creek trestle

Milepost 58.8 - Estero Americano Creek trestle

Milepost 59.5 - Valley Ford

Milepost 61.9 - Ebabias Creek trestle

Milepost 62.2 - Bodega Road crossing^[41][42]

Milepost 62.7 - Salmon Creek trestle

Milepost 63.7 - Freestone^[43]

Milepost 65.2 - Salmon Creek trestle^[41]

Milepost 66.9 - Brown Creek trestle (this 142-foot (43 m) high trestle was reputedly the highest of its kind in the United States when built in 1876)^[44][45]

Milepost 67.6 - Occidental^[46][47]

Milepost 68.7 - Maquire Creek trestle

Milepost 69.0 - Camp Meeker^[48][49]

Milepost 70.5 - Larry Creek trestle

Milepost 70.8 - bridge over Dutch Bill Creek

Milepost 71 - tunnel 5

Milepost 71.6 - bridge over Dutch Bill Creek

Milepost 71.7 - bridge over highway

Milepost 73.8 - Monte Rio^[50][51]

Milepost 77 - bridge over Russian River^[52][53]

Milepost 77.1 - Duncans Mills^[54]

Milepost 82.1 - bridge over Austin Creek^[55]

Milepost 84.3 - Cazadero^[56][57]

[edit] Narrow-Gauge Locomotives

Number	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes[58][59]
82	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1876	3842	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #11 scrapped 1911
83	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1875	3722	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #3 scrapped 1913[60]
84	NPC Sausalito Shop	4-4-0	1900	1	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #20 retired 1920 scrapped 1924[61][62]
85	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	7249	ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #14 wrecked[63][64]
86	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	7236	ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #15 then NWP #19>#86 sold Duncan Mills Land & Lumber Company 1920 scrapped 1926[65]
87	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1880	4960	ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #10 then NWP #10>#87 scrapped 1917[66][67]
90	Brooks Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1891	1886	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #15 operated last narrow-gauge NWP train in 1930 scrapped 1935[68][69]
91	Brooks Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1894	2421	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #16 scrapped 1935[70][71]
92	Brooks Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1891	1885	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #14 retired 1926 scrapped 1935[61][72]
93	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-4-0	1884	7249	1924 rebuild of wrecked #85 scrapped 1935
94	Baldwin Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1887	8486	ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #20 then NWP #21>#144>#94 scrapped 1935[73][74]
95	Brooks Locomotive Works	4-6-0	1899	3418	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #18 then NWP #145>#95 retired 1929 scrapped 1935[75][76]
195	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-6-0	1883	6611	ex-NPC/NS/NWP #13 scrapped 1912[77]
321	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-8-0	1880	4974	ex-Denver and Rio Grande Railroad #44 then NS/NWP #40 scrapped 1912
322	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-8-0	1885	7676	ex-Hancock and Calumet Railroad #2 then Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad #33 then NS/NWP #33 scrapped 1914[66]
323	Baldwin Locomotive Works	2-8-0	1885	7677	ex-Hancock and Calumet Railroad #3 then Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad #31 then NS/NWP #31 scrapped 1912[78]

[edit] References

• Borden, Stanley T. (1963). Railroads of Eureka. The Western Railroader. 
• Carranco, Lynwood (1982). Redwood Lumber Industry. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-084-3. 
• Dickinson, A. Bray (1974). Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods. Corona del Mar, California: Trans-Anglo Books. ISBN 87046-010-2. 
• Drury, George H. (1984). The Train-Watcher's Guide to North American Railroads. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-061-2. 
• Lewis, Edward A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5th Edition ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-290-9. 
• Kalmbach Publishing, ed (2000). The historical guide to North American railroads (2nd Edition ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-356-5. 
• Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-385-4. 
• Sievers, Wald and Stindt, Fred A. (1969). N.W.P. Narrow Gauge. The Western Railroader. 
• Stindt, Fred A. (1974). Trains to the Russian River. Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. 
• Stindt, Fred A. (1978). The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route (3rd Edition ed.). Kelseyville, California: Fred A. Stindt. ASIN: B0007F4A2M. 
• Stindt, Fred A. (1985). The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Volume Two. Kelseyville, California: Fred A. Stindt. ISBN 0-9615465-0-6. 
• Gale, V.J. and Valles, R.C.(Roadmasters) (1978). (untitled maintenance-of-way charts). Southern Pacific Railroad. 

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. Class I railroads

[edit] External links

• North Coast Railroad Authority Current owner of the "new" Northwestern Pacific
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society
• Railroads and the Redwood Empire Lots of NWP Pictures
• Northwestern Pacific Today, a record of the rehabilitation and operation of the NWP starting in 2009

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