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 [...]
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Salem Passenger Depot
Salem's Passenger Rail Station: A Restored Jewel Salem's historic Passenger Rail Station at 500 13th Street SEÂ is a restored jewel in the crown of [...]
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 [...]