NOVEMBER 15 The 5057 is about to start its trip north! Union Pacific has cleared it for movement and we expect them to pick it up in Portola, CA within the next week. It will soon be returning to Washington for the first time in nearly 35 years! It left…
SEPTEMBER 12 You can read about what happened at the June 2014 work session at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA here.
Feather River Rail Society (FRRS) and Cascade Rail Foundation (CRF) volunteers spent Monday, June 9 through Thursday, June 12, 2014 working to finish the preparatory work on General Electric U25B Milwaukee Road 5057. The work during this session was performed at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum Shop (WPRM) in Portola,…
JUNE 8 Thanks to the Friends of the 5057, we raised $850 toward the $1,000 challenge donation! Read more about it on our 5057 Project blog.
APRIL 15 We have a new challenge donation! From now until June 1, every donation will be matched up to a maximum of $1,000. Read more about it on our 5057 Project blog. You can donate using PayPal through our website or by mail. APRIL 14 Volunteers are needed in…
MARCH 22 We’ve launched a blog for the 5057 Project! This will give us the ability to publish updates and information without overwhelming the main project web site. We’ll still publish updates here to document major news items, but in between these updates you can get your fix for 5057…
FEBRUARY 1 Sponsor a Mile (Or More)! We are planning to move the 5057 from Portola, CA to the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Usk, WA later this year, where we will have the locomotive cosmetically restored in their shop. We’ll be asking the UP and BNSF to donate all…
JANUARY 1 The 5057 was the runner-up in the “must see preserved diesel” contest sponsored by Kalmbach Publishing’s annual “Locomotive” magazine! While we don’t win a prize for second place, it was great to see the project get so much support. And we also received a lot of free publicity. …
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