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Book Synopsis Willamette Valley Railways by : Richard Thompson
Download or read book Willamette Valley Railways written by Richard Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric interurban railways that ran through Oregon's Willamette Valley and of the streetcars that operated in the towns they served. Long before modern light rail vehicles, electric trains were providing Portland and the Willamette Valley with reliable, elegant transportation that was second to none. Between 1908 and 1915, two large systems, the Oregon Electric Railway and the Southern Pacific Red Electrics, joined smaller competitors constructing railways throughout the region. Portland became the hub of an impressive interurban network in a frenzy of electric railway building. Yet all too soon, this brief but glorious interurban era was over. Highway improvement and the growth of automobile ownership made electric passenger trains unprofitable in the sparsely populated valley. By the early 1930s, the company that had launched the nation's first true interurban was the only one still offering passenger service here.
Book Synopsis Willamette Valley Southern Railway Company by : Kermit Williams
Download or read book Willamette Valley Southern Railway Company written by Kermit Williams and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Arlen Sheldrake Publisher :Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society ISBN 13 :9780985120702 Total Pages :56 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (27 download)
Book Synopsis Steel Over the Willamette by : Arlen Sheldrake
Download or read book Steel Over the Willamette written by Arlen Sheldrake and published by Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A technical and social history commemorating the 100th anniversary of Portland, Oregon's Steel Bridge.
Book Synopsis Biennial Report by : Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Download or read book Biennial Report written by Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington, the Pacific Northwest by : Union Pacific Railway Company
Download or read book Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington, the Pacific Northwest written by Union Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Portland's Interurban Railway by : Richard Martin Thompson
Download or read book Portland's Interurban Railway written by Richard Martin Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network that spread throughout the Willamette Valley. This is the story of the pioneering local railways that started it all as they built south along the Willamette River to Oregon City and east to Estacada and Bull Run in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. More than 200 historic images illustrate Portland's Interurban Railway from its rudimentary beginnings through the peak years, when passengers rode aboard the finest examples of the car builders' art, to the sudden end in 1958.
Book Synopsis Portland's Interurban Railway by : Richard Thompson
Download or read book Portland's Interurban Railway written by Richard Thompson and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network that spread throughout the Willamette Valley. This is the story of the pioneering local railways that started it all as they built south along the Willamette River to Oregon City and east to Estacada and Bull Run in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. More than 200 historic images illustrate Portland's Interurban Railway from its rudimentary beginnings through the peak years, when passengers rode aboard the finest examples of the car builders' art, to the sudden end in 1958.
Book Synopsis Railroads of Hillsboro by : D.C. Jesse Burkhardt
Download or read book Railroads of Hillsboro written by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hillsboro, Oregon, always seemed destined to be an important railroad town. When the first trains arrived in Hillsboro in 1871 under the banner of the Oregon & California Railroad, the town began to develop into a key railroad junction point. Hillsboro was strategically located just 20 miles from the booming Portland metropolis, a regional center of manufacturing and trade, and by 1911, Hillsboro was where several rail lines branched off. One line headed west toward Tillamook, where the railroad tapped rich timber resources along the Oregon coast. Another line cut south into the fertile Willamette Valley, accessing prime agricultural lands that produced a bounty of wheat and other commodities. A third route carried passengers and goods to and from Portland and the neighboring communities of Cornelius and Forest Grove. As these routes developed, heavy volumes of freight began rolling into Hillsboro. At the same time, travelers moved through Hillsboro on passenger trains, including the Southern Pacific Railroad’s famed “Red Electrics” and the Oregon Electric Railway’s interurbans, which advertised passenger service with “no soot and no cinders.”
Book Synopsis Biennial Report by : Oregon Board of Railroad Commissioners
Download or read book Biennial Report written by Oregon Board of Railroad Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biennial Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assembly, ... Regular Session by : Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Download or read book Biennial Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assembly, ... Regular Session written by Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Backwoods Railroads by : D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Download or read book Backwoods Railroads written by D. C. Jesse Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection of the effects of highways--and their hugely subsidized trucks--upon railroads, and of the incompetence of the Southern Pacific. The trucks took much rail freight on the coast, the SP--partly through government rules & inertia--failed to meet the competition; many lines were closed, most of the rest were sold to small, hungry, competent firms. This is the story. It is well told in a style familiar to rail fans: lists of stations, engine rosters, control blocks. Abundant photos, a few in color. Current through the visit of the X2000 in mid-1993. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Book Synopsis The Oregonian Railway by : Ed Austin
Download or read book The Oregonian Railway written by Ed Austin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To those with an interest in railroad history in the United States, mention of the words “narrow gauge” may bring to mind the extensive three-foot-gauge railroads of Colorado and Utah or perhaps the famous two-foot-gauge lines in Maine. However, few would think first of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Nonetheless, between 1877 and 1893, an extensive narrow-gauge railroad developed in Oregon— one that had aspirations of crossing the Cascade Mountains and connecting with the Central Pacific Railroad, thus giving Oregon its first access to the transcontinental railroad system. It is this railroad system, from its inception in 1877 to the present day, that Ed Austin explores herein.
Download or read book Stations West written by Edwin D. Culp and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most of us have felt the fascination of seeing a steam locomotive with smoke drifting back over the line of cars it pulled, as the whole train wound through tall Western mountains. Whether we have actually experienced it or not, and many have, we know such a thing existed and that it is now part of a past that we can't touch again. But in Stations West, Edwin Culp comes close. With four hundred eighty photographs, carefully collected over a period of more than twenty years, he presents an exciting graphic history of Oregon railways from their beginnings to the present. Following the tracks as they were laid, from the Willamette Valley to the Oregon desert, he illustrates, in all its many facets, a heritage which has passed"--
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Public Service Commission of Oregon to the Governor by : Public Service Commission of Oregon
Download or read book Annual Report of the Public Service Commission of Oregon to the Governor written by Public Service Commission of Oregon and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rails to the Ochoco Country by : John Fitzgerald Due
Download or read book Rails to the Ochoco Country written by John Fitzgerald Due and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railroads Down the Valleys by : Randall Vause Mills
Download or read book Railroads Down the Valleys written by Randall Vause Mills and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor by : Public Service Commission of Oregon
Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor written by Public Service Commission of Oregon and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
