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The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about 73 miles (117 km) long. [ 7 ] Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over 210 miles (340 km). [ 7 ]
The river canyon is an important transportation corridor, forming route for SR 70, which parallels the north bank of the river, and for the Union Pacific Railroad's Feather River Route on the south bank. The Feather River Route was originally constructed between 1906 and 1909 while the highway was built in the 1920s.
Williams Loop, looking west from the upper portion. The Williams Loop is a rail spiral on the Union Pacific Railroad's Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River canyons.
The North Fork Bridge is a railroad bridge over the North Fork Feather River in the Feather River Canyon, located in Plumas County, California at the approximate coordinates of 39°42'60" N, 121°28'14" W. [1] It is the longest reinforced concrete bridge in the United States. [2]
The North Fork Feather River is a watercourse of the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades in the U.S. state of California.It flows generally southwards from its headwaters near Lassen Peak to Lake Oroville, a reservoir formed by Oroville Dam in the foothills of the Sierra, where it runs into the Feather River.
The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad and is operated by the Feather River Rail Society (reporting mark FRRX), [1] founded in 1983. [2] It is located at a former Western Pacific locomotive facility, adjacent to the Union Pacific 's former Western Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon .