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Behind the Scenes abc10 June 2017 Shoot
Photos by: Michael Clawson, Paul Finnegan


On June 2nd, 2017 John Bartell of abc10 Sacramento came to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola and made a short travel video segment that aired on KXTV in Sacramento. This gallery has some photos of the events behind the scenes during the creation of the segment.

Page last updated:  Thu Oct 1 07:02:36 AM PDT 2026

Slide 1 abc10 arrives at WPRM

Slide 2 John Bartell of abc10 Sacramento setting up

Slide 3 Rolling...

Slide 4 On the SP2873

Slide 5 Briefing

Slide 6 Now from the other side

Slide 7 Getting ready to start

Slide 8 Bil gets ready to start

Slide 9 While SP2873 warms up, Eugene Vicknair takes John Bartell on a tour

Slide 10 Eugene Vicknair introduces WPRM

Slide 11 More history...

Slide 12 Introducing WPMW 37

Slide 13 One of our smaller pieces of rolling stock

Slide 14 WP 2001, a real piece of history

Slide 15 Moving on...

Slide 16 WP2001 under mechanical overhaul

Slide 17 Introducing SPMW 208

Slide 18 A REALLY big snow plow

Slide 19 Paul Finnegan gets introduced

Slide 20 Lining East 3 switch

Slide 21 Off to get water for SP 2873

Slide 22 SP2873 Coming into station

Slide 23 SP2873 crossing the pedestrian crossing

Slide 24 Waiting for SP 2873′s arrival

Slide 25 John Bartell at WPRM


Page last updated:  Thu Oct 1 07:02:36 AM PDT 2026