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    The Oregon Electric Railway (OE) was an interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland to Eugene. Service from Portland to Salem...
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    The Oregon Electric Railway Museum is the largest streetcar/trolley museum in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.[citation needed] It is owned...
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    The Oregon Electric Railway Passenger Station is a historic railroad station in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1914 as a station for the...
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    The Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P) was a railway company and electric power utility in Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1906 until...
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    for the Oregon Electric Railway. The city was named after R. L. Donald who was an engineer of the construction company that built the railway. Donald...
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    The interurban (or radial railway in Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between...
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  • Multnomah Street Railway Oregon City and Southern Railway Oregon Electric Railway (OE) Oregon Traction Company Oregon Water Power and Railway Company Pacific Power...
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    Forest Grove branch (category Rail lines in Oregon)
    branch is an abandoned railway line in the state of Oregon, in the United States. It was built by the Oregon Electric Railway and ran 19.1 miles (30.7 km)...
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    people gathered as the Oregon Electric Railway opened a connection between the city and Portland with an interurban electric rail line, the first to...
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    The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society (OERHS) is a non-profit organization in the U.S. state of Oregon, founded in 1957. It owns and operates...
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    established in 1882. Garden Home was an established community when the Oregon Electric Railway was built at the beginning of the 20th century, which named a depot...
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    company, RDM Holding Inc. By December 2006 Columbia Helicopters of Aurora, Oregon had purchased the Type certificate of the Boeing Vertol 107-II and Boeing...
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    population reached nearly 1,300 in 1900. In November 1908, the Oregon Electric Railway (OE) began serving the city, and in January 1914, competitor Southern...
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    Portland General Electric (PGE) is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon. It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah...
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    and one of the largest 1500-volt systems in the country. The Oregon Electric Railway completed an interurban line from Portland to Eugene in 1912, as...
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    Portland, Oregon. Herman Metzger platted the community, which was actively marketed from 1908–1909. The main line of the Oregon Electric Railway passed through...
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    Railroad (Currently in receivership) Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Oregon Electric Railway Museum Oregon Pacific Railroad Oregon Rail Heritage Center Santiam Excursion...
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    Holcomb Creek Trestle (category Railroad bridges in Oregon)
    connection to the Oregon Electric Railway was later added. It was used by Burlington Northern Railroad (which merged into BNSF Railway in 1995) until the...
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    carry the Oregon Electric Railway across the river near the Boones Ferry. The first bridge was built in 1907 for the Oregon Electric Railway line that...
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    operates the Oregon Electric Railway Museum at Powerland, and operates a vintage electric trolley which runs along the perimeter of the site. Oregon Fire Service...
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    County, Oregon, United States, near the crossroads of River Road and Waconda Road. Waconda was once a station on the Oregon Electric Railway and formerly...
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  • 1925. Alco made 60-ton center-cab electric freight motors from 1912 through the 1920s for electric railway lines in Oregon. Already a leader in steam locomotives...
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    initials. The Oregon Electric Railway established Orenco Station in 1908, and Orenco post office operated from 1909 to 1963. The Oregon Nursery Company shut...
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  • List of Class I railroads (category United States railway-related lists)
    Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway Oregon Electric Railway Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Oregon Short Line Railroad Oregon-Washington Railroad and...
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    Beaverton is a city in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Oregon with a small portion bordering Portland in the Tualatin Valley. The city is among...
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    of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington, p. 131 American Narrow Gauge Railroads, p. 480 Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's website about...
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    Limited telephone service began in 1908. In 1910, the arrival of the Oregon Electric Railway triggered the development of Main Street and pushed Tigardville...
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    and regular operation on a long-term basis began in 1990. The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society has been the line's operator since 1995. The...
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    Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California - collection now includes general railroad equipment as well as streetcars Oregon Electric Railway Museum...
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    Portland, Oregon, centered on the Multnomah Village business district. The community developed in the 1910s around a depot of the Oregon Electric Railway of...
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