7 Wonders of the Western Pacific Railroad World
- 7 Wonders of the Western Pacific Railroad World
Infobox railfanning location
name=7 Wonders of the Western Pacific Railroad World
image size=170
caption=Clio Trestle on the WPRR
city=Clio
state=California
railways=BNSF, UP
type=TrestleThe “7 Wonders of the Railroad World” highlight seven key railfanning locations on the Western Pacific Railroad in the Feather River Canyon" [cite web | url = http://www.plumascounty.org/Tour%20Itineraries%202008/Spec%20Tour%207.pdf | title = Tour 7 - Wonders of the Railroad World | publisher = Plumas County Visitors Bureau | accessdate = 2008-08-26] [cite web | url = http://www.plumascounty.org/PDF/7Wonders.pdf | title = 7 Wonders of the Railroad World | publisher = Plumas County Visitors Bureau | accessdate = 2008-08-26] .]History
The Western Pacific Railroad (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) built the tracks along the Feather River in 1909 to complete a San Francisco Bay Area - Salt Lake City, Utah, route competing with the Southern Pacific's route over Donner Pass.
The Feather River route was preferred over the Donner Pass route (elevation about 7,000 feet / 2,133.6 m) over the Sierra Nevada Mountains because the Feather River route's pass (Beckwourth Pass) is at a lower elevation (about 5,221 feet / 1,591 m) and most of the route follows a more subtle grade along the Feather River.
Railfanning
The seven sites are (from west to east)
* The Keddie Wye
* The Keddie Wye Yard
* Quincy Junction
* The Williams Loop
* The Spring Garden Tunnel
* The Clio Trestle
* The Chilcoot Tunnel
Not included in the seven, but of railroad interest in the Feather River Canyon are
* The Western Pacific Railroad Museum
* The Pulga Bridges where the Hwy. 70 bridge crosses over the railroad bridge and the Feather River at the same point.
* The Tobin Bridges where the Hwy. 70 bridge and the railroad bridge meet at the west side of the Feather River with the railroad bridge higher than the Hwy. 70 bridge.
* The West Branch Bridge over Lake Oroville on which Hwy. 70 is over the railroad.
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