Portland and Willamette Valley Railway
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
- ^ Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington, p. 131
- ^ American Narrow Gauge Railroads, p. 480
- ^ a b Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's website about the trolley
- ^ Dorn, Dick (September 2000). "Tracks of the Pioneers". Trains. Vol. 60, no. 9. p. 37.
External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- History of the Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Willamette Valley
- Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's website about the trolley, mentions gauge conversion