Portland and Willamette Valley Railway

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Narrow-gauge rail in the Willamette Valley in 1919

The Portland and Willamette Valley Railway was incorporated on 19 January 1885 to continue construction of a

railroad line between Portland and Dundee, Oregon, United States, which had been started a few years earlier by the Oregonian Railway.[1][2]
The line was opened on 31 December 1886 and the first timetables were published the following day; however, the line did not reach Portland until 23 July 1888, due to disputes over the right-of-way. The railroad company ran this line until it fell into receivership on 2 February 1892.

On 5 August 1892, the line was leased to a

standard gauge that same year.[3]

The Portland and Willamette Valley Railway's main line became the Southern Pacific's

Lake Oswego and Portland.[3] The Portland and Western Railroad operates freight service south of Lake Oswego.[4]

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington, p. 131
  2. ^ American Narrow Gauge Railroads, p. 480
  3. ^ a b Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's website about the trolley
  4. ^ Dorn, Dick (September 2000). "Tracks of the Pioneers". Trains. Vol. 60, no. 9. p. 37.

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