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Sumpter Valley Railway

About Sumpter Valley Railway

The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains on a roughly 5-mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter. The railroad has two steam locomotives and several other pieces of rolling stock. Passenger excursion trains operate on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through the end of September.

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Heritage railway
Founded
1890

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Photos of Sumpter Valley Railway

  1. Sumpter Valley Railway, Baker County01Baker CountyGary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · Attribution
  2. Sumpter Valley Railway railcar - Sumpter Oregon02Railcar - Sumpter OregonVatsun (talk) at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Sumpter Valley RR grade - Middle Fork John Day River Oregon03Sumpter Valley RR grade - Middle Fork John Day River OregonIan Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Engine of sumpter valley train is being refueled at starting station of McEwen04Engine of sumpter valley train is being refueled at starting station of McEwenPaul Dober · CC BY 3.0
  5. Sumpter Valley historic steam train05Sumpter Valley historic steam trainRobert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0
  6. Sumpter Valley historic steam train06Sumpter Valley historic steam trainRobert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0

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