List of Oregon railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Current railroads[]

Common freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
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[]

Passenger carriers[]

Electric[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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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