Longview, Portland & Northern Railway

Route:: Gardiner Jct - Gardiner, OR (3.6 miles); Longview Jct - Ryderwood, WA (30 miles); Rye Jct - Battle Ground - Chelatchie, WA (33.1 miles); Willamina - Grand Ronde, OR
Headquarters:: Gardiner, OR
Junctions with other railroads:: CORP: Gardiner Jct, OR
Radio frequencies:: 160.500
History:: 1922: Company incorporated.; 1929: Built Longview Jct - Ryderwood line.; 1960: Rye Jct - Chelatchie, WA line acquired from NP.; 1952: Gardiner line built.; 1953: Ryderwood line abandoned.; 1955: Willamina - Grand Ronde, OR line acquired from Spaulding-Miami Lumber Co.; 1960: Rye Jct - Chelatchie, WA line acquired from NP.; 1980: Grand Ronde line sold to Willamina & Grand Ronde Railway.; 1981: Chelatchie line sold to Chelatchie Prairie RR (to LINC in 1987).; 1999: Gardiner line closed with the closing of the mill in Gardiner.
Ownership:: International Paper Co.
Roster:

Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/N	F/N	B/D	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
20:1	SS&IW	motor car			1927	acquired new	1927	193x	to TRC 22, 193x; to CWR M-200, 1941; to NCRy/CWR M200, 1975
20:2	Alco	S2	69213	S-1817-04	9/1940	nee SPS 20	c.1964	1969	scrapped, 1969
80	GE	80ton	18067		11/1943	acquired new	1943	1973	to POTB 111, 1973; to Oregon Coastline Express 111; scrapped 1998
110	Alco	S2	74453	S-3005-16	1/1946	acquired new	1946	1980	to WGR 110, 1980; to Doyle McCormack (Albany, OR), 1992, to BYCX
111	Alco	S2	76933	S-3105-08	7/1949	acquired new	1949	1999	retired, 1999; to OCHR 111
112	Alco	S4	79226		1951	acquired new	1951	1981	to CCPR 112, 1981; to BYCX 112, 1987
130	EMD	SW1500	35582	4567-1	12/1969	acquired new	1969	1999	to PT 130; to BDLX 130; to SILX 130; to GMTX 173
451	GE	45ton	31303		3/1952	nee Willamina & Grand Ronde Ry 451	1954	1969	to Long Bell Lumber (Joplin, MO), 1969; to International Paper no# (Joplin, MO)
680	Baldwin	2-8-0	44235		10/1916			1977	to VT 29, 1977
803	ALCo	2-8-2T	66275		1925	ex Long-Bell 803			to Long-Bell 803; to International Paper 803; to PSRHA; to pvt owner, leased to BYCX
1001	Baldwin	VO-660	64250		4/1942
1002	Baldwin	VO-660	64392		8/1942	ex Guy F. Atkinson 110; ex Import-Export 110; nee CEI 110	c.1956		retired; scrapped, 1975
1400	Richmond	2-8-2	66919		1926				to ONW 1400; scrapped 1957
1401	ALCo	2-8-2			1926				to Weed Lmbr/LPN 1401 (tested but not used or relettered), scrapped 1953

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