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Oregon Rail Heritage Center

About Oregon Rail Heritage Center

The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (reporting mark ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon. Along with other rolling stock, the museum houses three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700, and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197, the first two of which are restored and operable. The center opened to the public on September 22, 2012. The project to establish the center was led by the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF), a non-profit organization, which was renamed from the Oregon Heritage Steam Foundation in 2002. The non-profit Oregon Steam Heritage Foundation was formed in 2000. The museum site is in Southeast Portland.

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Railway museum
Founded
2012

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Photos of Oregon Rail Heritage Center

  1. Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland01PortlandSteve Morgan · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr under constr 8-2012 SW side02Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr under constr 8- SW sideSteve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Nickel Plate Road 190 at Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr, Sep03Nickel Plate Road at Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr, SepSteve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Ex-Southern Pacific 5100, GE switcher, at ORHC in04Ex-Southern Pacific , GE switcher, at ORHC inSteve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Front of Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr with OR&N 197 pulled out (2015)05Front of Oregon Rail Heritage Ctr with OR&N pulled out ()Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. Nickel Plate Road 324 Alco Portland Streetcar06Nickel Plate Road Alco Portland StreetcarMobilus In Mobili · CC BY 2.0

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