Hi WP2006 and Chad Thomas ( and SPbed , I bet you’re there )
I got to see Keddie wye , all went well. Your information was exactly right on the location and accessing good photo locations. There is a well worn track on the other side of the armco guard rail obviously from railfans. Someone has even chained and locked a fold out plastic chair to a tree overlooking the wye. We saw 2 trains late one afternoon just before sunset , both BNSF’s , one in each direction . They treaded very gently over the bridge allowing plenty of photos . The next morning we got 2 more trains , another southbound BNSF and a UP eastbound with 4 SD40’s that must have been at maximum speed over the bridge. We didn’t get as much time as we wanted there cause we has a lot of laces to cover , , , , Portola proved a huge surprise and a massive amount of luck. We were driving into town looking for a sign to the museum and sure enough found one pointing to the left (?) obviously accross an overpass with tracks below. I took the turn and could see on the left a DD40 , , my first thought was " Hey they keep their DD nice and shiny " , , , as we went closer the DD was at the end of the yard with a UP SD & Dash 8 on a train. Look a bit closer and I swear I could see a slight exhaust haze from the DD , , , , , Huh ??? , , I’ve gotta get my eyes checked !!! Luck was really with us , it was UP’s remaining living DD40 #6936 and it was shunting off the main line into the yard. I got some nice video and dad got plenty of stills. We had tried to talk a friend who is a huge UP fan into coming on the trip with us and he is greener than a BN loco with envy now.