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The Oregon Electric Railway Museum is the largest streetcar/trolley museum in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. [1] It is owned and operated by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society and is located in Brooks, Oregon , on the grounds of Powerland Heritage Park [ 2 ] (formerly known as Antique Powerland).
The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society (OERHS) is a non-profit organization in the U.S. state of Oregon, founded in 1957. It owns and operates a railroad museum for electric railroad and streetcar enthusiasts, and also operates (but does not own) a separate heritage streetcar line, the Willamette Shore Trolley.
The society operates the Oregon Electric Railway Museum at Powerland, and operates a vintage electric trolley which runs along the perimeter of the site. [14] Antique fire engine. Oregon Fire Service Museum, Memorial, and Learning Center. Established in 1993 to preserve the heritage of firefighting in Oregon.
Oregon Coast Historical Railway: Coos Bay: Coos Coast Railroad website, heritage railway and museum Oregon Electric Railway Museum: Brooks: Marion: Willamette Valley: Railroad: Electric trolleys, on the grounds of Antique Powerland: Oregon Film Museum: Astoria Clatsop Coast Film History and information on the 300+ movies that have been filmed ...
The former Springfield Southern Pacific station was leased to Oregon Electric for a brief period. Is now a museum. [citation needed] It has an authentic semaphore signal and baggage car outside. Several of the railway's electric substations still exist, including those at Tonquin and Waconda.
The Blackpool double-decker was taken out of regular use on the Willamette Shore Trolley in late 2003 and was moved in May 2006 to OERHS's museum, the Oregon Electric Railway Museum, in Brooks, Oregon. [26] After that, the 1932 Portland Brill streetcar, No. 813, became the only streetcar serving the WST line.
In May of 1914 the “Oregon Electric Railway Station and Depot” was ceremoniously opened for business. The building was an expensive $30,000 Georgian Revival structure with a distinctive triple ...
It is shown at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum (old site). A series of mergers of various transportation companies in 1905–1906 [ 3 ] culminating in the merger of the Portland Street Railway Company ; Oregon Water, Power and Railway Company; and the Portland General Electric Company on June 28, 1906, established the Portland Railway, Light ...