Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Historian and NWPRRHS member Michael Polk will discuss the beginnings of the Transcontinental Railroad including construction details. His talk will focus on the line from Ogden to the Utah-Nevada border from 1869 to 1942 and how that line has, more recently, been protected by legislation and preservation programs. He’ll discuss the history of the 53 …

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

NWPRRHS President Charlie Siebenthal will present the second in the series on the History of the Sonoma Valley Railroad and the Sonoma Valley Branch of  the San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad.  In depth description of the lines, the rolling stock and the revenue operations of the road will be given. Coffee and conversation beginning …

Weather permitting, restoration work will continue on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society’s program at the San Rafael Community  Center on B Street on Monday, July 14, will feature Headlight and Northwesterner Editor Fred Codoni with “NWP in the Fifties,” a photo history of the NWP’s last years of steam and the complete takeover of Diesel power. Included will be photos of …