Great Western Railway (NCO Division)

Route:: Lakeview, OR - Alturas, CA (55 miles)
Headquarters:: Lakeview, OR
Junctions with other railroads:: SP: Alturas, CA
Radio frequencies:: 160.875
History:: Line originally part of narrow gauge Nevada-California-Oregon Railway.; Line taken over by Southern Pacific.; SP filed to abandon the line in March 1985.; Permission to abandon received in August 1985, but SP continued to operate the line.; Lake County agreed to purchase the railroad and took possession of it on January 18, 1986.; Operation of the line was contracted out by Lake County to Great Western Railway.; Contract with GWR expired in December 1996 and operation of the line, now renamed Lake County Railroad, was taken over by the county.; Line leased, and operation taken over, by Modoc Northern Railroad on March 18, 2007.; Lease by Modoc Northern ended 2009. Line operated by Frontier Rail as Lake Railway (LRY).; Lake Railway lost lease of line in 2017; replaced by new operator, Goose Lake Ry (GOOS).
Ownership:: Line operated by OmniTRAX and owned by Lake County
Roster:

Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/N	F/N	B/D	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
1589	EMD	GP7	14697	5072-34	9/1951	ex GWR 1589; ex BN 1589; nee CBQ 233	1986	199x	to Mountain Cement 1589
1617	EMD	GP7	18977	5312-9	12/1953	ex GWR 1617; ex BN 1617; nee CBQ 261	1986	1996	to LCR 1617, 1996; to WRIX 1617, 2005; to STMA/WRIX 1617, 2006; to EWG/NIWX 1617; to BNG/EWLX 1617
1621	EMD	GP7	18981	5312-13	12/1953	ex GWR 1621; ex BN 1621; nee CBQ 265		199x	to RSSX 1621; to Dixie Railway Services; to RSSX GG10B 2524:2; to RSSX LEAF 2524:2
3416	EMD	GP9	21334	5436-16	2/1956	ex GWR 3416; ex SP 3416; ex SP 3474; nee SP 5641	199x	1996	to OMLX 3416; to OSSX 3416

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