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The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains on a roughly 5-mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter. [2]
Oldest known operational Heisler. [3] 1306: 1915: 2: 40 short tons (35.7 long tons; 36.3 metric tons) W. H. Eccles Lumber Company 3: Sumpter Valley Railway in Baker County, Oregon. 1369: 1918: 3: 75 short tons (67.0 long tons; 68.0 metric tons) Pickering Lumber Company 2: Travel Town open-air museum in Los Angeles. 1479: 1923: 2: 55 short tons ...
Originally, Sumpter Valley Railway 2nd 102. Renumbered to 19 in 1920. Purchased by the WP&YR in 1940. [45] Shipped to Skagway in 1941. Retired in 1957. Sold to Sumpter Valley Railroad in 1977 (SV #19). [4] Restored to operation on Sumpter Valley Railroad in 1995. [46] Delivered to WP&YR in 1941 with the tender from SV Loco #50 (4-6-0, Baldwin ...
Sumpter: This gold dredge was used in placer mining along the Powder River from 1935 to 1954, representing a period of mining by dredge that began in 1913. The last of three dredges in the Sumpter Valley in that period, it produced some $4.5 million in gold in its career. It is preserved as a museum. [8] [9] 12: Sumpter Valley Railway Historic ...
Feb. 28—The snow still lies deep in Sumpter, but preparations are underway for the 2022 season of the Sumpter Valley Railroad. The restrooms and picnic shelters now have new roofs at the McEwen ...
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Sumpter, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime and other charges during his arraignment Sunday, according to prosecutors. He remains in custody after bail was set ...
This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being 3 ft gauge. [1] [2] Some of the more famous 3 ft gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These ...