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Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway

Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway - OPE

Route:
Cottage Grove - Mosby Creek - Walden - Culp Creek, OR (16.6 miles)
Headquarters:
Cottage Grove, OR
Junctions with other railroads:
SP: Cottage Grove, OR
Radio frequencies:
160.980
History:
Line built in 1904 as Oregon & Southeastern Railroad.
Assets purchased by Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway in 1914.
Line purchased by Kyle Railways and Bohemia (local shipper) in 1970.
Passenger excursions operated from 1972 to 1987.
Bohemia acquired Kyle's share in 1987.
Railroad shut down and abandoned in 1994, and track removed.
Ownership:
Bohemia, Inc.
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
9 Plymouth 8-ton DLC6 3476 5/1930 (D) Garfield & Co (San Francisco, CA); Unemployed Exchange Assn (San Francisco, CA); Feather River Pine Mills (Feather Falls, CA) #A; Feather River RR (Feather Falls, CA); OPE 9; OPE 14 1/2; scrapped ? ?
10 GE 70-ton 31284 3/1952 OPE 10; MET 607, 1980 1952 1978
11 GE 110-ton 13032 9/1941 MCRR 111; OPE 11, c1958; disposition unknown c1958 ?
12 GE 70-ton 32302 8/1955 McCloud River Lumber (McCloud, CA) 1; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma, WA) 702, 1961; OPE 12, 1973; MET 608, 1983 1973 1983
14 GE 70-ton 30172 6/1949 SP 5109; OPE 14, 1975; SFBR 14; scrapped 1975 ?
14½ Plymouth 8-ton DLC6 3476 5/1930 (D) Garfield & Co (San Francisco, CA); Unemployed Exchange Assn (San Francisco, CA); Feather River Pine Mills (Feather Falls, CA) #A; Feather River RR (Feather Falls, CA); OPE 9; OPE 14½; scrapped ? ?
21 Alco S-2 70204 7/1943 State Belt RR 21; SFBR 21; OPE 21, 1976; Schitzer Steel Products (Portland, OR) 960019, 1995 1976 1994
100 Budd RDC-1 5917 6/1953 SP SP-10; YW 100; OPE 100, 1971; Moody Foundation, 1978; Galveston Island Railroad Museum 1971 1978
101 Alco S-3 78140 1950 Hammond Lumber (Samoa, CA) 101; Georgia-Pacific 101; OPE 101, 1959; Feather River Ry 101; FP 1; FP 662; CAD 10, 1984; DR 19 1959 ?
602 EMD SW8 17230 6443-2 7/1952 BAM 602; YW 602; OPE 602, 1978; MWRL 602; OPR 602, 1997 1978 1994

Explanations:

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Last updated: May 24, 2007



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