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Goose Lake Railway

Goose Lake Railway - GOOS

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; replaced by new operator, Goose Lake Ry.
Ownership:
Lake County
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
106 EMD GP15-1 787249-80 787249-80 12/1979 ex CSX 1563; nee CR 1683 2020
SSRX 614 EMD GP15-1 787038-25 787038-25 7/1977 ex SSRX 614; ex UP Y614; ex UP 1614; nee MP 1614 2021
926 EMD GP7 18885 6522-5 11/1953 ex CCT 44; ex ABL 44; ex ABL 2144; ex ATSF 2144; nee ATSF 2868 2019
SW 2422 EMD GP30u 27209 7622-23 6/1962 ex SW 2422; ex BNSF 2422; ex ATSF 2722; ex ATSF 3222; nee ATSF GP30 1222 2017 2018 returned to SW 2422; to WER/SW 2422; to WER 2422
HLCX 3847 EMD GP38-2 72604-2 72604-2 10-1972 ex HLCX 3847; ex UP 493; ex SP 4865; ex SP 170; ex HLLX 2601; ex CSX 2601; ex SBD 4091; nee LN 4091 2017 2021 to CBRL/HLCX 3847, 2022
HLCX 3852 EMD GP38-2 72704-16 72704-16 9/1972 ex HLCX 3852; ex SP 4860; ex SP 165; ex HLLX 2595; ex CSX 2595; ex SBD 4085; nee LN 4085 2017 2021
HLCX 3854 EMD GP38-2 72704-20 72704-20 10/1972 ex HLCX 3854; ex UP 849; ex SP 4863; ex HLLX 2599; ex CSX 2599; ex SBD 4089; nee LN 4089 2017 2021 to CBRL/HLCX 3854, 2022

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Last updated: July 17, 2023