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The Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc. was created and 6 miles of track were reinstalled by hand over the next 15 years, to connect the McEwen, Oregon station with Sumpter, Oregon. SVR No. 19, a 2-8-2 steam locomotive built in 1920, was restored to operating condition in 1996. [8] Sister locomotive 20 is also located at the railroad.
Also known as the Oregon Lumber Company Railroad, it was designed by engineer Joseph A. West. A linear historic district including 16.2 miles out of 23 original miles on the spur, from near Bates, Oregon, to the Mitchell Tract, historic end of the railroad, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
McEwen was founded as a logging town, platted in 1891, and then was a rail stop on the Sumpter Valley Railway. [3] It was named after a Mormon missionary who converted Charles W. Nibley's parents to the LDS Church. [4] Oregon Geographic Names links the community name to Thomas McEwen, a settler who filed a land claim here in 1888. The McEwen ...
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 ...
Sumpter Valley Railway Passenger Station was the westernmost station on the Sumpter Valley Railway, which ran 80 miles (130 km) from Baker City to Prairie City in the U.S. state of Oregon. [4] The line reached Prairie City in 1910 but was abandoned in 1933, and the station became a private dwelling. [ 5 ]
The Sumpter Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge steam-powered heritage railway between the Eastern Oregon towns of Sumpter and McEwen. [30] The Astoria Riverfront Trolley is a heritage streetcar service using former Burlington Northern tracks in Astoria, since 1999.
The excursion line has stations in Sumpter and McEwen. [13] The Sumpter station and part of the line are within the state park, known as the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Historic Area. [14] The dredge on display in the park was the last of three used to mine gold from surface deposits along the Powder River. It operated here from 1935 through ...
Pages in category "Heritage railroads in Oregon" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Sumpter Valley Railway; T. Train Mountain Railroad; W.