Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
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Railroad Depots
Salem's Railroad Depots 1870 Depot The Oregon & California Railroad (O&C) reached Salem in October 1870. Although townspeople wanted the station located convenient to [...]
Electric Railway
Oregon Electric Railway Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway The run from Portland to Salem, and possibly even Eugene--and back, along the route of [...]
Electric Railway Waconda
Waconda, Hopmere And Quinaby Stations Looking ahead as we leave Concomly, we find we are approaching Waconda, Hopmere, Quinaby and Chemawa. The Oregon Electric [...]
Electric Railway Salem
Arriving At Salem As we make our way into Salem, we discover one of the reasons the Oregon Electric Railway was the most popular [...]
Salem to Independence on the Oregon Electric Railway
Salem To Independence Your route south towards Eugene takes you out of Salem past the old paper mill, along Minto-Brown Island. The first station, [...]
Electric Railway Origins
Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway Oregon Electric Railway Train, WHC Collections x2012.016.1972 Let's turn our clocks back to the end of [...]
Electric Railway Chemawa
Chemawa Station and Heading To Salem The next station on our route is Chemawa, although the little Oregon Electric station house is a half-mile [...]