Download or read book Oregon Northwestern Railroad written by Jeff Moore and Wayne I. Monger and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agency's history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.
Download or read book Oregon Northwestern Railroad written by Jeff Moore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agencys history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.
Download or read book Eastern Oregon Shortline Railroads written by Jeff Moore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region; covered railroads includes the Big Creek & Telocaset; City of Prineville; Condon, Kinzua & Southern; Idaho, Northern & Pacific; Klamath Northern; Oregon & Northwestern; Oregon, California & Eastern; Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado; Sumpter Valley; Union Railroad of Oregon; Wallowa Union; and others.
Download or read book Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington the Pacific Northwest written by Union Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book O R N Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company written by Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Northwest written by Henry Jacob Winser and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oregonian Railway written by Ed Austin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To those with an interest in railroad history in the United States, mention of the words "narrow gauge" may bring to mind the extensive three-foot-gauge railroads of Colorado and Utah or perhaps the famous two-foot-gauge lines in Maine. However, few would think first of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Nonetheless, between 1877 and 1893, an extensive narrow-gauge railroad developed in Oregon" one that had aspirations of crossing the Cascade Mountains and connecting with the Central Pacific Railroad, thus giving Oregon its first access to the transcontinental railroad system. It is this railroad system, from its inception in 1877 to the present day, that Ed Austin explores herein.
Download or read book Preliminary Report Dec 15 1908 written by Oregon. Railroad commission and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry Villard and the Railways of the Northwest written by James Blaine Hedges and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Northwest written by Henry Jacob Winser and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Oregon Short Line Railroad written by Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Backwoods Railroads written by D. C. Jesse Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection of the effects of highways--and their hugely subsidized trucks--upon railroads, and of the incompetence of the Southern Pacific. The trucks took much rail freight on the coast, the SP--partly through government rules & inertia--failed to meet the competition; many lines were closed, most of the rest were sold to small, hungry, competent firms. This is the story. It is well told in a style familiar to rail fans: lists of stations, engine rosters, control blocks. Abundant photos, a few in color. Current through the visit of the X2000 in mid-1993. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Defunct Oregon Railroads written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, List of Oregon railroads, Burlington Northern Railroad, Red Electric, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, Oregon Steam Navigation Company, Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Oregon Eastern Railway, Oregon Central Railroad, Oregon and California Railroad, Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway, Sumpter Valley Railway, Oregon Short Line Railroad, Oregon Electric Railway, Great Southern Railroad, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Mount Hood Railway and Power Company, Columbia Southern Railway, Malheur Valley Railway, Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad, Oregonian Railway, Longview, Portland and Northern Railway, Great Western Railway of Colorado, Dayton, Sheridan and Grande Ronde Railroad, Modoc Northern Railroad, Umatilla Central Railroad, Portland and Willamette Valley Railway. Excerpt: The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in central Montana on Sept. 8, 1883. The railroad served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. In addition the company had international lines to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The company was headquartered first in Brainerd, Minnesota, then in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 1970 it merged with other lines to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. Map of NPR Land Grant, c1890The Northern Pacific Railway Company was chartered by Congress on July 2, 1864; it was formed with the...
Download or read book Railroad Lands in Western Oregon for Sale at Low Rates and on Liberal Terms written by European and Oregon Land Company and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington the Pacific Northwest written by Union Pacific Railway Company and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Railway Age and Northwestern Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To the Columbia Gateway written by Peter J. Lewty and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the Columbia Gateway captures the excitement of the 19th-century frontier, covering the origins of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Railway and Navigation companies, the rise and fall of Henry Villard's first empire, and the completion of the transcontinental tracks that converged on the Columbia Gateway in the late 19th century.
