On Jumat, 06 September 2013
The Quincy Railroad ( Reporting Mark QRR) is a 3,27-mile terminal railroad located at Quincy, CA. The QRR interchanges with the Union Pacific ( former Western Pacific ) at Quincy Jct. in Plumas County, CA, US.
For many years, The Quincy operated a separate 23,3 mile branch running over former Southern Pacific branch from Wendel-Susanville, CA which is now abandoned.
The railroad handles over 1.000 cars per year of outbound lumber and forest products. The QRR is owned by Sierra Pacific Industries.
The QRR has 2 locomotives :
- QRR 5 is an EMD SW1200 built in November 1950 ( builder no. 13459 )
- QRR 12 is an EMD SW7
3 Quincy locomotives, QRR 4, an Alco S-1, 1 QRR 3, a GE 44-Ton switcher, and QRR 1100, an EMD TR6A, are now located at the nearby Western Pacific Railroad museum. QRR 2, an alco 2-6-2t, is currently at the Niles Canyon Railway.
