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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The historic steam logging locomotive Mount Emily Shay #1 traveled by BNSF Railway on a flatcar from its former home on the City of Prineville Railway to its new home at the ...
Restoration continues and a new place for display has been secured for the locomotive that for many years was located next to the Scotia Museum. Once fully restored, Locomotive No. 9 will be displayed ...
Smoke rises from the stack of Mount Emily Shay No. 1 in the mid-2010s near Prineville. The steam-powered locomotive, which was used for logging operations in Union County for three decades, in 2024 ...
When KIRO Radio reported in April that an old steam locomotive that once graced Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was for sale in Oregon, a flood of listeners responded with comments that there were plenty ...
PORT ANGELES — The restoration effort for Port Angeles’ Rayonier Logging Locomotive #4 is moving to the second of four project phases. The #4 locomotive, located at Lauridsen Boulevard at the corner ...
In the past few months, three new well-illustrated books about local history have hit the shelves. One tells about Kalama, which a century ago was the Cowlitz County seat and had more residents than ...
PORT ANGELES — This Sunday, interested residents will be able to get an up-close view of the Rayonier No. 4, an old locomotive located in Port Angeles at Chase Street and Lauridsen Boulevard. The ...
On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (ARC PDX) — The Oregon Rail Heritage Center has been in its current home near OMSI for about a dozen years, and now the center is having some growing pains, partly of its own design.