Vintage Portland
Photos
Portland Car # 506
Portland Car #504
Portland Car # 806
Snow Sweeper 1455
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Oregon's
Economic center had a huge streetcar system and was
served by several Interurban systems. Many people may be
surprised that the current MAX Light Rail system sits on
portions of two different interurban right of ways.
Several former Portland cars have been preserved, 3 of
them are in the OERHS collection.
To the left are a few
vintage photos of Portland's
streetcars and interurbans. For more photos and information I would suggest that you visit OERHS Member Dick Thompson
website on Vintage
Trolleys. He has created a route by route history of Portland
streetcars.
NEW: See Portland's
Trolley past peeking through the pavement, and other trolley remnants in
our new feature. Portland's Trolley
Past Today
For more resources you may
also want to consult your local library for these other book which
capture Portland's streetcars.
Ed Austin,
Tom Dill, The Southern Pacific in Oregon,
Pacific Fast Mail, Edmonds WA 1993
Edwin D.
Culp, Early Oregon Days, Caxton Printers
LTD, Caldwell ID 1987
Edwin D.
Culp, Stations West, the Story of the Oregon
Railways, Caxton Printers LTD, Caldwell, ID 1982
John T. Labbe, Fares Please, Those Portland Trolley Years,
Caxton Printers LTD., Caldwell, ID 1982
Randall V.
Mills, "Early electric Interurbans in Oregon
Part 2, the Oregon Electric and Southern Pacific Systems",
Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 44 # 4
(12/1943), pp. 386-410
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