Quincy Railroad (California)

The Quincy Railroad (reporting mark QRR) is a 3.27-mile terminal railroad located at Quincy, California. The QRR interchanges with the Union Pacific (former Western Pacific) at Quincy Junction in Plumas County, California, United States.

Quincy Railroad

QRR #2 in 2005.
Overview
Headquarters	Quincy, California
Reporting mark	QRR
Locale	Quincy and Susanville, California
Dates of operation	November 9, 1917–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

For many years, the Quincy operated a separate 23.3 mile branch running over former Southern Pacific branch from Wendel-Susanville, California 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 two locomotives:

• QRR 5 is an EMD SW1200 built in November 1950 (Builder No. 13459)
• QRR 12 is an EMD SW7

Three earlier Quincy locomotives are now located at the nearby Western Pacific Railroad Museum:

• QRR 3[1] (a GE 44-ton switcher)
• QRR 4[2] (an ALCO S-1)
• QRR 1100[3] (an EMD TR6A)

Another earlier Quincy locomotive is currently at the Niles Canyon Railway:

• QRR 2[4] (an ALCO 2-6-2T)

References

• Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California railroads: an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial, interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992). San Marino, CA: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-106-8.
• Stindt, Fred A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide (5th ed.). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-290-9.
• Walker, Mike (1997). Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Ed. Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom: Steam Powered Publishing. ISBN 1-874745-08-0.