Author: Jeff Moore
Publisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634990103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region; covered railroads includes the Big Creek & Telocaset; City of Prineville; Condon, Kinzua & Southern; Idaho, Northern & Pacific; Klamath Northern; Oregon & Northwestern; Oregon, California & Eastern; Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado; Sumpter Valley; Union Railroad of Oregon; Wallowa Union; and others.
Eastern Oregon Shortline Railroads
Author: Jeff Moore
Publisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634990103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region; covered railroads includes the Big Creek & Telocaset; City of Prineville; Condon, Kinzua & Southern; Idaho, Northern & Pacific; Klamath Northern; Oregon & Northwestern; Oregon, California & Eastern; Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado; Sumpter Valley; Union Railroad of Oregon; Wallowa Union; and others.
Publisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634990103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region; covered railroads includes the Big Creek & Telocaset; City of Prineville; Condon, Kinzua & Southern; Idaho, Northern & Pacific; Klamath Northern; Oregon & Northwestern; Oregon, California & Eastern; Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado; Sumpter Valley; Union Railroad of Oregon; Wallowa Union; and others.
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Author: Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages :
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Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
Author: Jeff Moore and Wayne I. Monger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467130478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agency's history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467130478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agency's history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Author: Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor
Author: Public Service Commission of Oregon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Annual Report
Author: Public Service Commission of Oregon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Sumpter Valley Railway
Author: Alfred Mullett
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738571256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In July 1890, David Eccles and Charles Nibley chartered the Sumpter Valley Railway and changed the social and physical landscape of Eastern Oregon forever. The Sumpter Valley Railway and its parent company, the Oregon Lumber Company, became an economic engine that shaped the lives of generations of Eastern Oregonians. The rails stretched from Baker to Prairie City, Sumpter to Susanville, and laced ribbons of steel through the Powder River Valley and Elkhorns. This photographic history is a view into the life and times of a varied, interesting, and living railroad that was instrumental in the shaping of Eastern Oregon.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738571256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In July 1890, David Eccles and Charles Nibley chartered the Sumpter Valley Railway and changed the social and physical landscape of Eastern Oregon forever. The Sumpter Valley Railway and its parent company, the Oregon Lumber Company, became an economic engine that shaped the lives of generations of Eastern Oregonians. The rails stretched from Baker to Prairie City, Sumpter to Susanville, and laced ribbons of steel through the Powder River Valley and Elkhorns. This photographic history is a view into the life and times of a varied, interesting, and living railroad that was instrumental in the shaping of Eastern Oregon.
Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor
Author: Railroad Commission of Oregon
Publisher:
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Category : Electric utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Publisher:
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Category : Electric utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor
Author: Oregon. Public Service Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Prospectus of the Oregon Pacific R.R. Co. ...
Author: Oregon Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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