Historic Photo! Western Pacific Railroad switching local serving Modesto California USA. July 1980. From the internet.

I spotted this photo on the internet recently, and decided to include on todays edition of Eddie's Railfan Page from Chicago Illinois.

The Western Pacific Railroad was a west coast regional railroad that existed from 1910, until it was bought out and acquired through merger by the Union Pacific Railroad in the year of 1982. Seen here during it's last two years in operation as the Western Pacific Railroad, is one of their local freight trains that served the various industries in the city of Modesto California.

The combination lash up of an EMD model SW 1500 2nd generation end cab yard switcher, and a 1950's era EMD GP-7 roadswitcher...make for an interesting switching local rolling down an industrial branchline with cars to be picked up and set out.