List of Oregon railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Current railroads[]
Common freight carriers[]
- Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC)
- Operates the
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (CORP)
- City of Prineville Railway (COP)
- Clackamas Valley Railway (CVLY)
- Coos Bay Rail Line (CBR)
- Goose Lake Railway LLC (GOOS)
- Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR)
- Klamath Northern Railway (KNOR)
- Mount Hood Railroad (MH)
- Oregon Eastern Railroad (OERR)
- Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR)
- (PCC)
- (PT)
- Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB) (Out of Service)
- Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR)
- Operates the (HLSC) and the Willamette Pacific Railroad (WPRR)
- Portland Terminal Railroad (PTRC) (Operated by BNSF)
- Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation (RVT)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Wallowa Union Railroad Authority (WURR)
- Willamette Valley Railway (WVR)
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Astoria Riverfront Trolley
- Eagle Cap Excursion Train (WURR)
- MAX Light Rail (TMTC)
- Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway (OPE)
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OCSR)
- Sumpter Valley Railway
- Washington Park and Zoo Railway
- Westside Express Service (TMTC)
- Willamette Shore Trolley
- Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR)
Private freight carriers[]
- SP Newsprint (Newberg, Oregon)
- Superior Lumber Company (Glendale, Oregon)
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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SP | 1880 | 1881 | Oregon and California Railroad | |||
GN/ NP | 1895 | 1911 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | |||
GN/ NP | 1888 | 1892 | ||||
1910 | 1943 | N/A | ||||
SP | 1906 | 1916 | Southern Pacific Company | |||
Boise and Western Railway | UP | 1909 | 1910 | Oregon Eastern Railway | ||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
1981 | 1985 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||||
California Northeastern Railway | SP | 1905 | 1911 | Oregon Eastern Railway | ||
1913 | 1954 | N/A | ||||
CR&C | 1910 | 1940 | N/A | |||
1909 | 1927 | |||||
1905 | 1909 | |||||
GN/ NP | 1908 | 1909 | Oregon Trunk Railway | |||
Central Pacific Railway | SP | 1912 | 1959 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
1908 | 1914 | Willamette Valley Southern Railway | ||||
1913 | 1925 | N/A | ||||
GN/ NP | 1891 | 1895 | ||||
Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad | UP | 1903 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Columbia Southern Railway | UP | 1897 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
CKSO | 1928 | 1976 | N/A | |||
SP | 1890 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | |||
SP | 1907 | 1911 | Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway | |||
SP | 1897 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | |||
1872 | 1874 | Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad | ||||
1933 | 1936 | N/A | ||||
Dayton, Sheridan and Grande Ronde Railroad | SP | 1877 | 1879 | |||
UP | 1906 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
EPTC | 1987 | 1997 | Oregon Pacific Railroad | |||
GN/ NP | 1917 | 1944 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | |||
1902 | 1922 | N/A | ||||
Great Northern Railway | GN | GN | 1927 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Great Southern Railroad | 1904 | 1933 | ||||
Great Western Railway of Colorado | GWR | 1986 | 1987 | |||
GWR | 1987 | 1997 | Lake County Railroad | |||
SP | 1889 | 1918 | N/A | |||
1901 | 1913 | N/A | ||||
Lake County Railroad | LCR | 1997 | 2005 | Modoc Northern Railroad | ||
Longview, Portland and Northern Railway | LPN | 1952 | 1999 | N/A | ||
LRY LLC (DBA Lake Railway) | LRY | 2009 | 2017 | Goose Lake Railway LLC | ||
1923 | 1928 | Oregon and Northwestern Railroad | ||||
Malheur Valley Railway | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
SP | 1918 | 1927 | Southern Pacific Company | |||
GN/ NP | 1904 | 1907 | ||||
Modoc Northern Railroad | MNRR | 2005 | 2009 | LRY LLC (DBA Lake Railway) | ||
Molalla Western Railway | MWRL | 1993 | 1997 | Oregon Pacific Railroad | ||
Mount Hood Railroad | UP | 1905 | 1968 | |||
MH | UP | 1968 | 1987 | Mount Hood Railroad | ||
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway | SP | 1888 | 1945 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Northern Pacific Railroad | NP | 1864 | 1896 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Northern Pacific Railway | NP | NP | 1896 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
NP/ SP/ UP | 1882 | 1965 | Portland Terminal Railroad | |||
UP | ||||||
UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | |||
SP | 1880 | 1880 | Oregonian Railway | |||
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | UP | 1896 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
UP | 1888 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | |||
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | UP | 1879 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon and California Railroad | SP | 1870 | 1927 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Oregon, California and Eastern Railway | OCE | GN/ SP | 1915 | 1990 | N/A | |
Oregon Central Railroad ("West Side Company") | SP | 1866 | 1880 | Oregon and California Railroad | ||
Oregon Central Rail Road ("East Side Company") | SP | 1867 | 1870 | Oregon and California Railroad | ||
SP | 1895 | 1898 | ||||
Oregon Eastern Railway | SP, UP | 1905 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway, Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Electric Railway | OE | GN/ NP | 1906 | 1981 | Electric until 1945 | |
Oregon and Northwestern Railroad | ONW | 1934 | 1984 | N/A | ||
Oregon Pacific Railroad | SP | 1880 | 1894 | |||
Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway | OPE | 1912 | 1994 | N/A | ||
Oregon Short Line Railroad | UP | 1897 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Oregon Short Line Railway | UP | 1882 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | UP | 1889 | 1897 | Oregon Short Line Railroad | ||
Oregon and Southeastern Railroad | 1905 | 1914 | Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway | |||
Oregon Southern Railway | UP | Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad | ||||
Oregon Portage Railroad | 1858 | 1896 | N/A | |||
Oregon Steam Navigation Company | UP | 1862 | 1880 | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Trunk Railway | OT | GN/ NP | 1909 | 1981 | ||
GN/ NP | 1906 | 1909 | Oregon Trunk Railway | |||
UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | |||
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | UP | 1910 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
NP | 1886 | 1892 | ||||
SP | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
SP | 1905 | 1914 | ||||
SP | 1890 | 1893 | Oregon and California Railroad | |||
Oregonian Railway | SP | 1880 | 1889 | |||
Pacific Railway and Navigation Company | SP | 1905 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
SP | 1911 | 1912 | ||||
GN/ NP | 1907 | 1919 | N/A | |||
SP | 1911 | 1912 | ||||
GN/ NP | 1919 | 1921 | ||||
Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway | SP | 1907 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
1905 | 1944 | N/A | ||||
Portland Terminal Railroad | PTRC | NP/ SP/ UP | 1965 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Portland Traction Company | PRTD | SP/ UP | 1930 | 1991 | Electric until 1958 | |
Portland and Willamette Valley Railway | SP | 1885 | 1892 | |||
SP | 1892 | 1893 | Oregon and California Railroad | |||
1891 | 1915 | |||||
Salem, Falls City and Western Railway | SP | 1901 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
GN/ NP | 1893 | 1897 | ||||
SP | 1907 | 1913 | Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway | |||
UP | 1906 | |||||
Southern Pacific Company | SP | SP | 1887 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | SP | 1969 | 1998 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | SP&S, SPS | GN/ NP | 1908 | 1979 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Sumpter Valley Railway | 1890 | 1961 | N/A | |||
SP | 1911 | 1913 | ||||
Umatilla Central Railroad | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
UO | 1927 | 1993 | N/A | |||
1890 | 1894 | |||||
1905 | 1906 | |||||
1894 | 1906 | |||||
URC | GN/ NP | 1906 | 1944 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | ||
Valley and Siletz Railroad | VS | 1912 | 1985 | |||
Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad | UP | 1868 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
WWV | NP | 1910 | 1985 | N/A | Electric until 1949 | |
NP | 1892 | 1907 | Northern Pacific Railway | |||
SP | 1879 | 1880 | Oregon and California Railroad | |||
WCTU Railway LLC | 1974 | 2013 | Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation | |||
1954 | 1974 | WCTU Railway | ||||
SP | 1911 | 1915 | Southern Pacific Company | |||
WVRD | 1984 | 1994 | ||||
SP | 1878 | 1880 | ||||
Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad | 1911 | N/A | ||||
Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad | SP | 1874 | 1894 | |||
WGRR | 1980 | 1986 | ||||
WGR | 1988 | 1996 | Willamette Valley Railway | |||
1920 | 1955 | Longview, Portland and Northern Railway |
Private freight carriers[]
- Black Diamond Coal Mining Company (Southport Coal Mine Railroad, 1875-1885)
Passenger carriers[]
Electric[]
- Mount Hood Railway and Power Company
- Oregon Electric Railway (OE)
- Oregon Water Power and Railway Company
- Pacific Power & Light Company
- (PRTD)
- Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P)
- (PEP)
- Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
- Portland Traction Company (PRTD)
- Southern Pacific Company
- (URC)
- (WWV)
- Willamette Valley Railway
- Willamette Valley Southern Railway
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- "Railroad Operations in Oregon" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- "Freight Rail System Map" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Oregon" (PDF).. Retrieved May 11, 2005.
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