Pacific Locomotive Association

A PLA excursion, Labor Day 1971. Pickering Lumber Company Shay #7, Northern California, between Lyons Dam and Tramway.

The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization[1] dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960.

The Pacific Locomotive Association operates the Niles Canyon Railway, and has railroad artifacts on display in the Niles Depot Museum in Fremont, California. It also owns a collection of locomotives and other railroad cars, with restorations complete or in progress.

  1. ^ "Niles Canyon Railway". Niles Canyon Railway. The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2019.