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Lake County Railroad

Lake County Railroad - LCR
Route:
Lakeview, OR - Alturas,CA - Perez, CA
Headquarters:
Junctions with other railroads:
UP: Perez, CA
Radio frequencies:
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.
Lake Railway lost lease of line in 2017; replaced by new operator, Goose Lake Ry (GOOS).
Ownership:
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
700 EMD GP7u 18604 5296-14 8/1953 ex CLC 700:2, 1989; ex CWWR:2 776, c1981; ex WTCX 776 (Vail, WA), 1977; ex NW 2436; nee NKP 436 1998 2007 to MNRR 700, 2007; to LRY 700, 2009; to WRL/LRY 700, 2017
1617 EMD GP7 18977 5312-9 12/1953 ex GWR(NCO) 1617, 1986; ex GWR 1617; ex BN 1617; nee CBQ 261 1996 2007 to WRIX, 2005; to STMA/WRIX 1617, 2006; to EWG/NIWX 1617; to BNG/EWLX 1617
1761 EMD GP9 19110 5320-20 1/1954 ex WRIX 1761, 2004; ex SJVR 1761; ex SJVR 101; ex KYLE/SJVR 101; ex KYLE 101; ex SDAE 101, 1980; nee UP 224 2005 2007 to WRIX 1761, 2008; to NPR 1761, 2011

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Last updated: March 27, 2022