Oregon

State Details

See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.

Maps

Oregon is covered by Mike |Walker's "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Pacific Northwest. This is out of print. Sonrisa Publications publishes an Oregon Railroad Maps booklet of strip maps. Website here

Tourist Lines

See Wikipedia

• Astoria Riverfront Trolley - A 3 mile (4.8 km) heritage streetcar line in Astoria, Oregon. There is no overhead line. Operation is seasonal, normally during spring break and from May to September.
• Eagle Cap Excursion Train - A heritage railroad service located in Wallowa, Oregon, operated on a 63 mile (101 km) line from Elgin to Joseph. The line is owned by the publicly owned Wallowa Union Railroad (WURR).
• Mount Hood Railroad - A heritage and shortline freight railroad located in Hood River, Oregon, 60 miles (97 km) east of Portland. Runs 22 miles (35.4 km) from Hood River to Parkdale.
• Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad - A heritage railroad operating in Oregon, US, primarily between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach, with additional special trips to Wheeler, Nehalem River and into the Salmonberry River canyon. The length of the line is 46 miles (74 km). See Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services OR2.
• Oregon Electric Railway Museum - Owned and operated by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society and located in Brooks, Oregon, on the grounds of Powerland Heritage Park. Rides are available on about one mile of mainline track with overhead wire.
• Santiam Excursion Trains - Operate from Santiam Station, Lebanon to Sweet Home.
• Sumpter Valley Railroad - This is a 3 foot (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County,Oregon. It operates excursion trains on a roughly 5 mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter.
• Willamette Shore Trolley - This heritage streetcar line operates along the west bank of the Willamette River between Portland and Lake Oswego. The line is 5.51 miles (9 km) long, standard gauge and operated by battery powered trams.
• {https://orhf.org/ Oregon Rail Heritage Center] - Train rides every Saturday along the east bank of the Willamette River.

Metro and light rail systems

Portland

Valley Metro The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines. The Blue Line is a 33-mile (53 km) east-west route from Hillsboro to Gresham. The Red Line incorporates a 5.6-mile (9.0 km) north-south addition between the airport and the Gateway Transit Center near the northeast Portland neighborhood of Parkrose. From that point the line overlaps the Blue Line, running west to downtown and beyond, terminating at the Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds station. The Yellow Line added 5.8 miles (9.3 km) to the system. It connects North Portland's Expo Center with downtown. This line is often referred to as "Interstate MAX" because much of it runs along Interstate Avenue, and parallel to I-5. On 30 August 2009, the Yellow Line shifted to a new north-south alignment through downtown that had been constructed along the Portland Mall (see Green Line). In 2015, the Yellow Line became through-routed at all times with the then-new Orange Line (see below). The Green Line runs from Clackamas Town Center, in the Clackamas area, north along I-205 for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to the Gateway Transit Center, where the Blue and Red Lines meet. From Gateway, it joins them and travels westwards to downtown Portland along the 1986-opened tracks extending to the Steel Bridge. From there—a new junction on the bridge's west deck—the Green Line uses 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of new tracks passing Union Station and running mainly along the transit mall for the remainder of its route through downtown, sharing that routing with the Yellow Line (and since 2015 the Orange Line) and terminating at Portland State University (PSU). The Orange Line added 7.3 miles (11.7 km) of newly constructed line, extending from the south end of the Portland Mall to Milwaukie.

Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Oregon.

See also

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