Portola is located in the upper reaches of the beautiful Feather River Canyon, within easy reach of Reno, Truckee, Oroville and Sacramento.

Plumas County Guide

Outdoor Activities...

• Lake Davis
• fishing
• camping
• Frenchman Lake
• fishing
• camping
• Plumas Eureka State Park
• hiking
• historic    buildings
• skiing
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• camping
• hiking

The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is located at the former Western Pacific Railroad Portola locomotive servicing facility in Portola, California. The 37 acre site includes a 220 foot long, 16,000 square foot diesel shop that was used from 1954 until 1974 as well as two and a half miles of trackage primarily consisting of a balloon track and various yard tracks. The property is right next to Union Pacific's high density Feather River Subdivision main line in beautiful and scenic Plumas County, CA.

The museum has over 35 locomotives and 80 cars of various types.  Unlike many other museums, visitors to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum soon discover that this is a hands-on facility where they are encouraged to climb up in the cabs of locomotives, sit in the engineer's seats, and browse through the many cabooses and passenger cars that are on display.  The WPRM is one of the few places in the world where you can operate a real diesel locomotive (reservations required).  The museum also maintains a gift shop located within the diesel shop. The Museum is open 7 days a week 10am - 5pm The first Satuday in April through the first Sunday in November