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Portland & Western Railroad - PNWR

Route:

former SP lines:

Tillamook District: Brooklyn Yard [Portland] - Willsburg Jct - Cook - Schefflin, OR (28.9 miles)

Tillamook District: Schefflin - Banks, OR (4.5 miles) (via trackage rights on POTB)

Seghers District: Hillsboro - Seghers - Stimson-Forestex, OR (9.5 miles)

West Side District: Cook - Newberg, OR (14.3 miles)

former BNSF lines:

Oregon Electric District: Eugene - Albany - Salem - Greton, OR (? miles)

United Ry District: United Jct - Bowers Jct - Banks, OR (17.5 miles)

Forest Grove District: BN Jct [Hillsboro] - Forest Grove, OR (5.4 miles)

Astoria District: Willbridge - Astoria, OR (97.3 miles)

Bendemeer District: Bowers Jct - Merle, OR (2.9 miles)

former WPRR lines:

Toledo District: Albany - Corvallis - Toledo (75 miles)

Bailey District: Dawson - Alpine Jct, OR (7 miles)

West Side District: Monroe - Alpine Jct - Corvallis - Gerlinger - Whiteson - Newberg, OR (84.9)

Dallas District: Gerlinger - Dallas, OR (5 miles)

Willamina District: Whiteson - Willamina, OR (18.7 miles)

Hampton Ry (HLSC): Willamina - Fort Hill, OR (5.2 miles, operated by contract)

Valley District: Albany - Eugene, OR (41.2 miles) (via trackage rights on UP)

Headquarters:

Albany, OR

Junctions with other railroads:

BNSF: Brooklyn Yard and Albany, OR

HLSC: Willamina, OR

POTB: Banks, OR

UP: Albany, Eugene and Brooklyn Yard, OR

Radio frequencies:

160.770

History:

PNWR began operations in August 1995 under a 20-year lease of SP lines.

BNSF lines acquired under a lease agreement from BNSF in October 1995.

Astoria line purchased from BNSF in June 1997, but line closed east of Wauna by a large slide.

WPRR merged into PNWR on December 1, 2000.

On October 24, 2002, GWI signed a 15-year deal with BNSF to lease former OE line between Salem and Eugene.

Ownership:

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Roster:

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Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024