Overview
Today, a freight train rolling over a rural feeder track on its way to or from a western Oregon railroad town is almost an anachronism. Routes may host only one train a day, or two trains a week, but still provide an economic lifeline for a number of businesses. These evolving branchlines and shortlines are taken out of service, sold or leased to new owners, and sometimes abandoned. Many are endangered, and once gone will be gone forever.Originally published in 1994, and now updated with new content and additional images, Backwoods Railroads is an engaging description of contemporary branchline and shortline railroad operations in western Oregon. This unique photojournalistic account focuses on the Willamette Valley and its bordering mountain chains--the Coast Range, the Cascades, and the Siskiyous. As the state's economic heart, the area's intricate railroad network is the closest Oregon comes to the trackage density found in many eastern and midwestern states. Small companies took on much of the railway construction, hoping to profit by hauling passengers and agricultural products, and by providing an outlet for logging operations in the foothills and mountains.
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Author: D.C. Jesse Burkhardt
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Imprint: Washington State University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.270kg
ISBN: 9780874224092
ISBN 10: 0874224098
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 26 May 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
"PrefaceIntroduction to Updated Edition Introduction 1 Backward Along the Bailey Branch SP's lower West Side Branch, Bailey Branch, and Wilkins Branch 2 Mountain Branchline SP's Coos Bay Branch, with connecting shortline Longview, Portland & Northern Railway 3 Expansion from Tillamook Bay Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad and SP's Tillamook Branch, with BN connecting lines Vernonia Branch and Forest Grove Branch 4 Heavy Industry and Tourism: Tillamook's Fine Mix Oregon Coastline Express excursion trains and passenger car renovations 5 Tracks into Santiam Country BN's Santiam Branch and SP's Mill City Branch 6 116-Mile Local SP's Toledo Branch 7 North Willamette Shortlines Willamette Valley Railroad and the Willamina & Grand Ronde Railway, with SP connecting lines Willamina Branch, West Side Branch, Dallas Branch, West Side-Seghers Branch, and Newberg Branch 8 Semaphores and Timber SP's Siskiyou Line and White City Branch, with shortline connections Yreka Western Railroad, WCTU Railway, and Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway 9 No Soot, No Cinders BN's Oregon Electric Branch and Astoria Branch Epilogue: Updates, Summer 1993 SP and the Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Molalla Western Railway, Willamette Valley Railroad, and Willamina & Grand Ronde Railway; BN's Oregon Electric; Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad; SP's Coos Bay Branch; and the ""Pacific Northwest High Speed Rail Corridor"" Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author"
Reviews
A fascinating profile of a fragile web of tracks and trains that will surprise even many longtime residents of Oregon. --Portland Oregonian
"""A fascinating profile of a fragile web of tracks and trains that will surprise even many longtime residents of Oregon."" --Portland Oregonian"
Author Information
D. C. Jesse Burkhardt retired in 2017 after a 23-year career as editor, reporter, and photographer for four different community newspapers in the Northwest. Over the years, he has published several photojournalistic books on railroad history and operations. Backwoods Railroads was his first book.
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