Rolling Stock
Most of the company's rolling stock is marked for WPRR, but some stock carries the PNWR mark. There are a number of WPRR woodchip gondolas for woodchip service and centerbeam flatcars for lumber. Three of the railroad's woodchip cars have special paint schemes. One is in green and yellow to honor the University of Oregon, and includes the school's "duck" logo. Another is in orange and black, honoring Oregon State University, and includes that school's "beaver" emblem. And the third is painted black with the red "DARE" logo to promote the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. In 2007, WPRR added 200 log flats that were purchased from BCOL, and are now marked WPRR 62001 through 62200.
In late 2008, some of the WPRR woodchip gondola fleet leases expired and the reporting marks changed from WPRR to AOK on cars 74503 to 74510. Also, due to the economic contraction in the U.S., virtually all of the WPRR centerbeam fleet has returned to the railroad for long-term storage. The centerbeam cars are stored primarily on the Bailey District, south of Corvallis, Oregon, and at the old Valley & Siletz Railway yard, north of Independence, Oregon.
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