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Oregon Pacific Railroad was a railroad in western Oregon, United States, from 1880 to 1894, when it was sold to the Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad. A substantial part of the Oregon Pacific's abandoned right-of-way is preserved as Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District. It was created and owned by Thomas Egenton Hogg. [2] [3]
The Oregon and Northwestern Railroad (O&NW) is a defunct railroad in eastern Oregon in the United States. It ran 50.2 miles (80.8 km) from Hines north to Seneca , which is on the edge of the Malheur National Forest , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] over a total of 19 trestles .
The Oregon Electric was merged into the new Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. [7] The Burlington Northern abandoned the branch between Hillsboro and Orenco in 1977. The abandonment eliminated a low overpass over East Main Street, and mile of street-running on Washington Street, in Hillsboro. [8]
The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...
Oregon and Northwestern Railroad; Oregon and California Railroad; Oregon Central Railroad; Oregon Eastern Railway; Oregon Electric Railway; Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway; Oregon Pacific Railroad (1880–1894) Oregon Portage Railroad; Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; Oregon Short Line Railroad; Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern ...
The Ontario–Burns Branch in eastern Oregon was sold on November 6, 1989 to shortline Wyoming Colorado Railroad, but the 120 mile majority of the line was abandoned eastward from Burns to Celatom in June 1992. [9] The remainder is still operated by the Wyoming Colorado Railroad as the Oregon Eastern Railroad. [10]
The Oregon, California and Eastern Railway (OC&E) was a 64-mile (103 km) rail line between Klamath Falls and Bly in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] After 70 years of bringing logs from nearby forests to local sawmills, the former railroad right of way was converted to the OC&E Woods Line State Trail.
An abandoned railroad is a railway line which is no longer used for that purpose. Such lines may be disused railways, closed railways, former railway lines, or derelict railway lines. Some have had all their track and sleepers removed, and others have material remaining from their former usage. There are many hundreds of these throughout the world.