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The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon. Along with other rolling stock, the museum houses three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700, and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197, [1] the first two of which are restored and operable. [2]
The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF) is a registered non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Composed of a partnership of several all-volunteer non-profit groups dedicated to maintaining regional vintage railroad equipment, the ORHF was initially formed "to secure a permanent home for the City of Portland's steam locomotives, preserve the Brooklyn Roundhouse ...
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a rail and steamboat transport company that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles (1,839 km) running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It operated from 1896 as a consolidation of several smaller railroads.
Rail transportation is an important element of the transportation network in the U.S. state of Oregon. Rail transportation has existed in Oregon in some form since 1855, [1][2] and the state was a pioneer in development of electric railway systems.
Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California [2] 3203: May 1905 Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) P-2: 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon: Built as Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company 197, renumbered as UP 3203 and is being restored as 197. 3206: P-1 4-6-2 3977: June 1943
By 2008, the restoration was about half complete and was expected to be completed as volunteers and funds are available. It was being carried out by the non-profit all-volunteer group called the Friends of the OR&N 197. As of 2024, OR&N 197 is still in the Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC), being restored to operating condition by volunteers.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
From August 1975 to December 1976, No. 4449 shared duties with several other steam locomotives pulling the American Freedom Train (that train was pulled by Reading T-1 2101) throughout the U.S. No. 4449 is still operational and since mid-2012 resides at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland along with other preserved locomotives and ...