Williams Loop

Williams Loop

Template:Infobox railfanning location
name=Williams Loop


image size=170
caption=Williams Loop Looking Downhill
city=Plumas County
state=California
type=Spiral
railways=Union Pacific Railroad and built by Western Pacific Railroad

The Williams Loop is a rail Spiral located on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in north eastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River valley. Located about four miles east of East Quincy, the loop is used to gain track elevation on the WP's eastward climb to its summit at Beckwourth Pass.

Railfanning

The Williams Loop is part of Plumas County's "7 Wonders of the Railroad World," and access is described in its travel guide.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] .

ee also

* Tehachapi Loop

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