North Coast Railroad (1992–1996)

NCRR 2872, 3779, 3857 and 3190 in storage at Eureka, California

The North Coast Railroad (reporting mark NCRR)[1] operated freight trains on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from Schellville (interchange with the California Northern) to Eureka. The railroad was first founded in 1992.[2][3]

Using former Southern Pacific GP9s, SD9s and one GP7, from other railroads, they powered freight along the northern and southern end of the line until 1994 when the southern portion from Schellville to Willits of the line was leased to the California Northern Railroad, which operated over the line until 1996 when the southern end began operations as the "new" publicly owned Northwestern Pacific.

The North Coast Railroad continued operations between Willits and Eureka on the former Eureka Southern route until 1993, when the line was shut down due to rail wash-outs and two expensive tunnel collapses.

Roster

Locomotive Builder Model Serial no. Frame no. Built Notes
CCT 70 EMD GP7 18418 5250-10 1953 scrapped in 2015
171 EMD SW1500 34973 4557-2 5/1969 to CFNR/LLPX 171; to GMTX 119
SP 2872 EMD GP9R 25136 5595-37 4/1959 to BUGX; scrapped in 2024[4]
3190 EMD GP9E 19980 5369-4 4/1955 to BUGX 3190
3779 EMD GP9E 22922 5516-11 2/1957 to BUGX; scrapped in 2024[4]
3786 EMD GP9E 22945 5516-34 1957
3804 EMD GP9R 22943 5516-32 1957 to BUGX 3804
3825 EMD GP9E 25133 5595-34 1959 to OMLX 3825; scrapped in 2004
3840 EMD GP9E 25146 5596-2 1959 to OMLX 3840; to RSSX 3840; to Provident Energy (lease)
3844 EMD GP9R 25137 5595-38 1959 wrecked 1997
3850 EMD GP9R 25116 5595-17 1959 wrecked 1997
3857 EMD GP9R 25139 5595-40 4/1959 to BUGX; scrapped in 2024[4]
4324 EMD SD9E 19441 5322-13 1954 to OMLX 4324; to Midwest Steel for scrap in 2006; to RECX; to CRGX 100; to BUGX 4324
4327 EMD SD9E 20229 5381-7 1955 to OMLX/GWR 4327; scrapped on March 8, 2018
4423 EMD SD9E 21297 5435-9 1956 to OMLX 4423; to NCRY/SP 5472
5305 EMD SD9 22808 5507-1 1957 to OMLX 5305; to CRRX 5305; scrapped in 2012
6412 EMD SD40 37004 7290-39 1971 to CFNR 4097; to CORP/CFNR 4097; to KYLE/CFNR 4097; to KRR 4097; to KRR 3219
6413 EMD SD40 37009 7290-44 1971 to CFNR 4098; to CORP/CFNR 4098; to KYLE/CFNR 4098; to Bro-Tex International Metals
6595 EMD GP35 29569 5569-19 6/1964 to HBRY 2502; to CKRY 2502; to OMLX/KFR 2256; to IR/OMLX 2256; to PNR/OMLX 2256; to SS/OMLX 2256, 2021, to GFRR/OMLX 3813, 2022
6600 EMD GP35 29705 7756-4 12/1964 to HBRY 2503; to CKRY/HBRY 2503; to PNR/HBRY 2503; to HBRY 3600; to GWR/HBRY 3600; to OMLX/HBRY 3600; to KFR/OMLX 3600; to WRIX 3600; to WRIX GP39-3 3600; to OERR 3600

References

  1. ^ "Railroad company abbreviations". Center for Transportation Analysis. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Pacific: Remnants of the Redwood Empire". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  3. ^ Burns, Ryan. "The Disappearing Railroad Blues". North Coast Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  4. ^ a b c "Twenty-Six Years After They Were Stranded There By Floods, The Balloon Track's Zombie Trains Are Finally Moving Out -- Mostly in Pieces". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2025-02-21.


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