{{Short description|Private railroad and subsidiary of Nutrien}} {{Infobox rail | gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}| railroad_name=West Isle Line| <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: logo_filename=WFSlogo.gif| --> logo_size=| marks=WFS| locale=[[San Joaquin Valley]] ([[Tulare County]]), [[California]]| start_year=January 7, 1998| end_year=present| old_gauge=| hq_city=[[Alpaugh, California]]}}
The '''West Isle Line''' {{Reporting mark|WFS}} is a [[private railroad]] and is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Nutrien]] (formerly Western Farm Service). The line is operated by a contractor and the line does not have any employees. The line began service on January 7, 1998, after having been acquired from the [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway]]. The line runs for 5.25 miles from [[Alpaugh, California]], to a connection with the BNSF Railway at Stoil (milepost 936 on BNSF's [[Bakersfield Subdivision]]). Western Farm Service is the only customer on the line.
Western Farm Service bought the line from the BNSF in order to avoid having the BNSF's "Alpaugh Branch" abandoned. The line was formerly part of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] and was constructed by the ATSF in 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historynet.com/we/blallensworth/index3.html |title=The Promise of Allensworth |website=historynet.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102214710/http://historynet.com/we/blallensworth/index3.html |archive-date=2005-01-02}} </ref>
The railroad, as of 2001, averages 400 carloads per year, primarily chemicals used for [[fertilizer]].
==Motive power== The West Isle Line has one [[EMD GP9]] (serial number 21332) that was manufactured in February 1956 for [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]. It is marked in a green paint scheme with yellow marking as "West Isle Line" engine number "3399". It was formerly known as SP 3399, 3472, and 5639.<ref>{{cite web |title=Western Rails - California Shortlines and Industrials |url=http://www.trainweb.org/westernrails/ca/ |website=www.trainweb.org |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal||Railways}} *[[List of California railroads]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd01-10.html Railroad Retirement Board determines West Isle Line is a private railroad] *[http://www.trainweb.org/westernrails/ca/wfs_3399_alpaugh_ca_3-16-04_jb.jpg Picture of West Isle Line Engine #3399] *[http://domino.bnsf.com/website/shortlin.nsf/014331b468c5c6b10625652c005fbded/146e1d44efb09d51062565940072a8e3?OpenDocument BNSF Profile of WFS]
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