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The society's collection of rolling stock includes both four-wheel and bogie wagons of an array of types, from a guard's van to cement and sheep wagons. In September 2020, the Society announced it had bought the three recently-retired Silver Fern Railcars off of KiwiRail .
The sheep car that local high school students restored Today the centre is operated by a staff of volunteers sourced from the local community in conjunction with a paid manager and a receptionist. Through a skills-development program run in association with the local high school, students assisted with the refurbishment of a sheep wagon and a ...
The unique, 70-square-foot property, which hit the market at $25,000, used to serve a very different purpose when it was first built in the 1800s.
From 1965, the wagons had bogies altered for higher speed trains, and so the wagons were reclassed MF. This lasted until the 1979 recoding, by which time only wagons 2–5, 10, 15, 20-22 and 25 remained. These 10 wagons were reclassed to VSBY, indicating that they were not bogie-exchangeable. The wagons were removed from service in the mid-1980s.
Heritage Village, walk back in time: Blacksmithing, 1849 Pioneer Camp, Wild West Medicine Show, handcraft demos, oxen cart rides, cowboy skit, more.
With the take-over of the line by the Southern Railway in 1923, and the consequent arrival of a new locomotive - Lew - in 1925, the livery was slowly changed to the Southern Maunsell version for locos and passenger stock, and umber for the goods wagons. The loco headlamps which had been black under the L&B were re-painted red.
Collection includes early farm and ranch equipment; restored sheep wagons, historical photographs of Nyssa, Adrian and the surrounding area, Oregon Trail history Original Wasco County Courthouse: The Dalles: Wasco: Mt. Hood/ The Gorge: History 1859 courthouse with sheriff's office and three jail cells Oswego Heritage Center Lake Oswego: Clackamas
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