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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.
The Sumpter Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge steam-powered heritage railway between the Eastern Oregon towns of Sumpter and McEwen. [ 30 ] The Washington Park and Zoo Railway is a narrow-gauge railroad in Portland's Washington Park which takes passengers around the grounds of the Oregon Zoo . [ 31 ]
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 ...
McEwen is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. [1] McEwen lies on Oregon Route 7 east of its interchange with Oregon Route 410. [2] McEwen is about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Sumpter along the Powder River. [2] McEwen was founded as a logging town, platted in 1891, and then was a rail stop on the Sumpter Valley ...
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 ...
Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.
Willamette Valley Railroad: WVRD 1984 1994 Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway: Willamette Valley Railroad: SP: 1878 1880 Oregon Railway: Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad: 1911 N/A Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad: SP: 1874 1894 Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad: Willamina and Grand Ronde Railroad: WGRR 1980 1986 Willamette Valley Railroad