This is the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, a unique and impressive collection and easily one of the best museums of its type in the country. My favorite part of the visit?

Western Pacific Railroad MuseumTracks Ahead is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS.

Utah State Railroad Museum officials added a Western Pacific engine to the collection while the dilapidated Merci boxcar is now in Wyoming for restoration efforts.

The Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden has acquired a Western Pacific caboose while restoration of the Merci Boxcar, a post-World War II gift from France, is complete.