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The OERHS mission
statement states
the OERHS is to educate. This page is dedicated to
providing history of traction operations in the Pacific
Northwest. This pages helps fulfill this statement. Many
Northwest cities had streetcars and Interurban service.
Among the cities in the NW with city streetcar service
were:
Oregon: Portland, Salem,
Albany, Eugene,
Medford, Astoria, West Linn.
Washington: Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Olympia,
Bellingham, Walla Walla, Yakima
Idaho: Boise
Interurbans: There were many Interurban lines
that served regional areas. Among them are The
Oregon Electric,
The Red Electric, Puget Sound Electric, among many others.
Other websites that
have histories are:
Cities/operations with
a hyperlink means a brief history is available on line.
More articles will follow as they come available. I also will be adding
vintage photos in the coming months.
Index of
Histories On-Line
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