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Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad - PVJR

Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad - PVJR

Route:
Div 1: Rye Jct - Brush Prairie - Battle Ground - Chelatchie, WA (33.1 miles)
Div 2: Columbia Business Center (3 mi)
Headquarters:
Battle Ground, WA
Junctions with other railroads:
BNSF: Rye Jct, WA
BYCX: Battleground, WA
Radio frequencies:
160.785
History:
Line built by Vancouver, Klickitat & Yakima Railroad starting in 1888.
Became Portland, Vancouver & Yakima Railroad in 1898.
Taken over by Northern Pacific in 1903.
NP sold the line to Longview, Portland & Northern Railway in 1960.
LPN sold the line to Chelatchie Prairie Railroad in 1981.
Service on the line discontinued in 1984.
Abandonment of the line was authorized on August 29, 1985.
Line purchased by Clark County in 1987, and line operated by LINC.
The Battle Ground, Yacolt & Chelatchie Prairie Railroad (BYCX) leased Battle Ground to Chelatchie (19 miles), where they began excursions in 2001.
Clark County announced on November 13, 2003 that the Columbia Basin Railway would be the new operator of the line effective January 2004.
Line renamed Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad.
In 2017 PVJR filed to operate the Columbia Business Center.
Ownership:
Line owned by Clark County.
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
33 EMD SD40-2 786263-1 786263-1 9/1979 ex TCRY 33; ex MIRS/TCRY 33; ex TCRY 33; ex UP 3609 2022
211 EMD SW1200 29784 4473-5 2/1965 ex PJVR/CBRW 211; ex CBRW 211; ex lease to MSN; ex CBRW 211; ex WCRC 211; ex CEECo 211; nee MP 1269 2004
GMTX 398 EMD MP15AC 75629-24 75629-24 1/1976 lease; ex UPY 1427; ex UP 1427; ex SOO 1523; nee MILW 457 2017 to GMTX 398
CBCX 102 GE 80Ton 32413 2/1956 ex OPR 102; nee PALCo 102
CBCX 103 GE 25Ton 15681 4/1942 ex HJ Kaiser Shipyard
CBCX 565 EMD SSB1200 25224 7573-1 6/1959 ex PT 565; ex AMTK 565; ex ATSF 1239; ex ATSF SW1200 2439; ex ATSF 2400; nee ATSF NW 2350 (EMC; 9/1937)
CBCX 701 EMD SW8 15739 6269-3 12/1951 ex NWRI 701; ex STBX 203; nee CW 203

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Last updated: Dec. 23, 2023