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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]
The Sumpter Valley Railway, Middle Fork (John Day River) Spur, near Bates, Oregon, was built in 1916. Also known as the Oregon Lumber Company Railroad , it was designed by engineer Joseph A. West.
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 ...
Until transportation by rail became feasible in the area, Sumpter was little more than "a huddle of crude log cabins." [9] A narrow gauge railway reached Sumpter in 1897. Built by David C. Eccles, the Sumpter Valley Railway (SVRy) ran 80 miles (130 km) from Baker City through Sumpter and on to Prairie City, which it reached in 1907. Until the ...
A geared steam locomotive pulling an excursion train on the Sumpter Valley Railway in Oregon. A gas-electric doodlebug constructed by the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company of Pennsylvania. Crewmen in front of a locomotive on the defunct East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad c. 1914.
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.
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