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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]
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 ...
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.
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 ]
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: 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 ...
Union, Cove and Valley Railway: United Railways: URC GN/ NP: 1906 1944 Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway: Valley and Siletz Railroad: VS 1912 1985 Willamette Valley Railroad: Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad: UP: 1868 1910 Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company: Walla Walla Valley Railway: WWV NP: 1910 1985 N/A Electric until 1949
A narrow gauge line, the Sumpter Valley Railway (SVR), ran 80 miles (130 km) from Baker City west to Sumpter and on to its western terminus at Prairie City, which it reached in 1907. [7] It carried passengers as well as freight shipped by ranchers, mining interests, and timber companies until its piecemeal abandonment in the 1930s. [7]