Longview, Portland & Northern Railway

Route:: Gardiner Jct - Gardiner, OR (3.6 miles); Longview Jct - Ryderwood, WA (30 miles); Rye Jct - Battle Ground - Chelatchie, WA (33.1 miles); Willamina - Grand Ronde, OR
Headquarters:: Gardiner, OR
Junctions with other railroads:: CORP: Gardiner Jct, OR
Radio frequencies:: 160.500
History:: 1922: Company incorporated.; 1929: Built Longview Jct - Ryderwood line.; 1960: Rye Jct - Chelatchie, WA line acquired from NP.; 1952: Gardiner line built.; 1953: Ryderwood line abandoned.; 1955: Willamina - Grand Ronde, OR line acquired from Spaulding-Miami Lumber Co.; 1960: Rye Jct - Chelatchie, WA line acquired from NP.; 1980: Grand Ronde line sold to Willamina & Grand Ronde Railway.; 1981: Chelatchie line sold to Chelatchie Prairie RR (to LINC in 1987).; 1999: Gardiner line closed with the closing of the mill in Gardiner.
Ownership:: International Paper Co.
Roster:

Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/D	B/N	F/N	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
20:1	SS&IW	motor car	1927	?		acquired new	1927	193x	to TRC 22, 193x; to CWR M-200, 1941; to Niles Canyon Ry, 1975
20:2	Alco-GE	S-2	9/1940	69213	S-1817-04	nee SPS 20	c.1964	1969	scrapped, 1969
80	GE	80-ton	11/1943	18067		acquired new	1943	1973	to POTB 111, 1973; to Oregon Coastline Express 111
110	Alco	S-2	1/1946	74453	S-3005-16	acquired new	1946	1980	to WGR 110, 1980; to Doyle McCormack (Albany, OR), 1992
111	Alco	S-2	7/1949	76933	S-3105-08	acquired new	1949	1999	retired, 1999
112	Alco	S-4	1951	79226		acquired new	1951	1981	to CCPR 112, 1981; to Battle Ground, Yacolt & Chelatchie Praire Railroad (BYCX) 112 (Battle Ground, WA), 1987
130	EMD	SW1500	12/1969	35582	4567-1	acquired new	1969	1999	to BDLX 130 (in service at Dow Chemicals (Taft, LA))
451	GE	45-ton	3/1952	31303		nee Willamina & Grand Ronde Ry 451	1954	1969	to Long Bell Lumber (Joplin, MO), 1969; to International Paper no# (Joplin, MO)
1001	Baldwin	VO-660	4/1942	64250		nee Basic Magnesium 1000	?	m.1970s	retired, m.1970s
1002	Baldwin	VO-660	8/1942	64392		ex-Guy F. Atkinson 110; ex-Import-Export 110; nee CEI 110	c.1956	?	retired; scrapped, 1975

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Last updated: January 14, 2004

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