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Lake Railway

Lake Railway - LRY
Route:
Lakeview, OR - Alturas,CA - Perez, CA
Headquarters:
Lakeview,OR
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
319 EMD SD45 33647 7082-16 4/1968 ex MRL 319; ex SP 7545; nee SP 8950 2016 2017 to WRL/LRY 319; to Port of Morrow/LRY 319 (Boardman,OR); to CWW 319, 2021; to CCGX SD38-2M 5205, 2022
331 EMD SD45 34366 7138-17 2/1969 ex MRL 331; ex SP 7560; nee SP 8998 2016 2017 to WRL 331; to CCGX SD38-2M 5206, 2022
700 EMD GP7u 18604 5296-14 8/1953 ex MNRR 700, 2007; ex LCR 700, 1998; ex CLC 700:2, 1989; ex CWWR:2 776, c1981; ex WTCX 776 (Vail, WA), 1977; ex NW 2436; nee NKP 436 2009 2017 to WRL/LRY 700
1011 GE B23-7 41983 1445-7 1953 ex MNRR 1011; ex UCRY/ARN 1011; ex ARN 1011; ex NS 3974; nee SOU 3974 to Columbia Grain/LRY 1011 (Portland,OR); to CCET 1011, 2020
1270 Baldwin RS4TC 61225 1953 ex ALTX 1270; nee USAX 1270 2017 to WRL/YCR 1270
2802 EMD GP49 847049-2 847049-2 1983 ex Frontier Railway 2802 (Wallula,WA); ex ARR 2802 2017 to CWW 2802, 2018; to WRL/CWW 2802, 2019; to CWW 2802
2809 EMD GP49 847035-5 847035-5 1985 ex Port of Morrow/ARR 2809 (Boardman,OR); nee ARR 2809 2017 to CWW 2809, 2018
YCR 4001 Baldwin RS4TC 61231 1953 ex ALTX 4001; nee USAX 4001 2017 to WRL/YCR 4001
NREX 4263 GE B23-7 44082 12/1985 ex Cornerstone Industrial Minerals/NREX 4263; ex NREX 4263; ex BNSF 4263; nee ATSF 6406 2010 to NREX 4263, 2010

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Last updated: April 01, 2023