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Three Amtrak routes serve the state, primarily through the Willamette Valley and south-central Oregon. [6] Rail is a key element of the mass transit system in the city of Portland and surrounding communities. And numerous tourist railways operate in the state.
The Springwater Trail, part of the 40-Mile Loop, crosses over McLoughlin Boulevard (Oregon Route 99E) near Sellwood. At 2.5% in 2012, Oregon had the highest bicycle commuting mode share of any state (behind only Washington, D.C.) with the cities of Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, and Baker City each reporting bicycle commuting rates in excess of 5%.
This is a route-map template for the List of Oregon railroads, a state passenger rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company: Oregon Trunk Railway: OT GN/ NP: 1909 1981 Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington), Inc. Oregon Trunk Line, Inc. GN/ NP: 1906 1909 Oregon Trunk Railway: Oregon and Washington Railroad: UP: 1906 1910 Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company: Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company ...
The Newberg branch is a railway line in the state of Oregon, in the United States. It runs 36 miles (58 km) from Portland to a junction with the West Side branch west of Saint Joseph . It was originally built by the Portland and Willamette Valley Railway , a predecessor of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company .
A map of Willamette Valley rail lines from 1919. Byron J. Pengra, the Surveyor General of Oregon from 1862 to 1865, secured a federal land grant in 1864 for the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road from Eugene to Owyhee, and proposed a railroad along this line, then joining the transcontinental railroad near Winnemucca, Nevada. Pengra ...
The Portland Subdivision is a railway line in the state of Oregon in the United States. It is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and runs 185 miles (298 km) from Portland, Oregon, to Hinkle, Oregon. The line runs east-west along the south bank of the Columbia River through the Columbia River Gorge.
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation; Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197; P. Pengra Pass rail route; Portland Subdivision; S. Southern Pacific 4449; Spokane, Portland and ...