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It Takes Volunteers to Make a Museum Work

OERHSOERHS
3995 Brooklake Rd
Brooks, OR 
97303

Oregon Electric Railway.org

Willamette Shore
Trolley

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OERHS VOLUNTEERS AT WORK

It Takes Volunteers to Make a Museum Function!

The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society has always been dependent upon its volunteer membership. This is what they do:

  • Operate Streetcars
  • Maintain Streetcars
  • Restore Streetcars
  • Build Buildings
  • Lay track
  • Hang Overhead Wire
  • Give Tours to the public
  • Write Grants
  • Keep the books
  • Answer the phones
  • And so on and so on.....

This page is dedicated to the volunteers. See the hard work that they do. If you can help, please visit our Join the OERHS page to see how to join. If you are a member visit our Members Page.

The OERHS Volunteers in Action
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Operating the Ballast Tamper to smooth of the rails.

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Working on the right-of-way

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Working on the carbarn doors

The "Brooks Division" Track crew at work on the yard leads to the new car barn

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Painting car # 48 at Willamette Shore Trolley (pj 06/00)

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Installing new overhead trolley wire.

Backfilling the dirt after the concrete pour for Track 3 inside the carbarn

Playing music for waiting passengers

Members discussing what to do next behind the carbarn.

 

Here are two more members working on reading the line poles to eventually carry the overhead wire for the trolleys.

Helping the dump truck operator put the gravel down for the new road to the car barn.

Checking the fuel level for the generator. The generator supplies the current to the trolley to run on the Willamette Shore.

Members on a field trip on the Portland MAX Line

Re-roofing a trolley car

Building rebar forms for concrete foundations for steel poles.

Waiting for passengers

Giving Carbarn tours

More track work

     

Page last updated 03/23/07


 
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