Today’s Northwestern Pacific
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Take a step back in time as Pentrex pays affectionate tribute to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
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| Producer | Pentrex |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
Take a step back in time as Pentrex pays affectionate tribute to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. It’s 1992 and the Northwestern Pacific, a Southern Pacific subsidiary, is still running SD-9s on through trains from Suisun City to Willits in Northern California. Lumber is still the chief commodity hauled by this historic road, as it’s been for years. Six days a week you can still see NWP trains traveling the 156-mile line. Much of the traffic originates in Eureka on the newly-formed North Coast Railroad (formerly the Eureka Southern).
The NWP interchanges with the North Coast in Willits and forwards those trains to the Southern Pacific at Suisun City. NWP diesels were leased by the North Coast Railroad during its first months, recreating the days when the NWP still owned the line to Eureka. You’ll be treated to a brief look at the operations of the North Coast Railroad and the Eureka Southern, as well as an up-close and personal tour of the Northwestern Pacific. Petaluma is NWP’s base of operations. Sprint trains and their crews originate here, running both north and south on the line. Normally the north end of the line is only run at night but in 1992 NWP ran Willits-to-Petaluma trains during daylight hours, providing us with a rare opportunity to capture this scenic route.
rickyfreni –
This pentrex title covers some incredible Early Diesel action on the NWP with Southern Pacific SD-9s that operate at 1800 Horsepower & even some GP9s in Northern California at locations like Suisun City, Petaluma depot with a lone tomato being planted in a garden as well as a bridge over the river, Novato, Ignacio, the Black Point Swing Bridge, MP30, the S Curve at Fairville, Schellville with the Stationmaster’s dog, Lombard Yard, Napa Junction at Cordelia hill, the summit of Cordelia hill at Creston, Santa Rosa, Fulton, Lombard, the Napa River Lift Bridge at Brazos, Willits that connects with the California Western to Ft. Bragg that also includes the Eureka Southern Shortline, Eureka, Longvale, Outlet Creek, Eel River near Tattoo, Dos Rios, MP 159 at Farley with an aftermath of a wreck, Tunnel 13, Arnold, Highway 101 crossing, Ridge Summit, Laughlin, Ukiah with Wig Wag signals, Hopland, Russian River Bridge, Cloverdale, Lytton, & MP 142.5.
These scenes were photographed in February & August of 1990, & during mid-to-late April of 1992.
There is also switching operations with SW1000 number 2605 on the Petaluma Local.
Curtis Watson –
Such an interesting “shortline,” and nice to see these old SDs still plying the rails!
Lloyd –
Here is a great video of some old Cadillacs in operation on a line designed as a shortline to serve it’s Class 1 owner, the Southern Pacific. Northern California, the lumber industry… the model railroaders would love this video. The power is exciting to to see, the scenery as good as it gets for the western USA. The make up of this video as as good as you can get. Add in a couple real shortlines (the North Coast Railroad and the Eureka Southern) and you have one of the finest videos made. Thanks Pentrex
Dylan Jones –
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was interesting to say the least. Lot’s of EMD SD9’s to pull the train. All wore SP paint. Great footage. Shows a lot of interesting and beautiful schemes. Highly Recommend.