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Author | : Richard Thompson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738556017 |
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.
Author | : Kermit Williams |
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Release | : 2019-09-24 |
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ISBN | : 9781792320682 |
Author | : Arlen Sheldrake |
Publisher | : Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Bridges |
ISBN | : 9780985120702 |
A technical and social history commemorating the 100th anniversary of Portland, Oregon's Steel Bridge.
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Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
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Author | : Oregon. Board of Railroad Commissioners |
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Total Pages | : 760 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Richard Martin Thompson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0738596175 |
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.
Author | : Union Pacific Railway Company |
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Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Oregon |
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Author | : Alan M. Voorhees & Associates |
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Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Oregon. Mass Transit Division |
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Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : James Blaine Hedges |
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Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Pacific railroads |
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