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Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation
To build a permanent home for Portland's three steam locomotives!

Portland's industrial heritage is entwined with being at the crossroads of many different railroads for over a century. The east-side Brooklyn Yard near the Willamette continues to host one of the last remaining roundhouses with a turntable. Therein live three historic steam locomotives and most of the heavy machinery necessary to maintain them by volunteers.

The near vincity hosts a variety of historic diesel locomotives as well as historic passenger cars and other rolling stock. The ORHF's mission is to build a permanent home so these treasures will be enjoyed by generations to come.

Members and volunteers of the ORHF will be going to Sherwood, Oregon on June 14th for the annual custom and classic car show, Cruisin' Sherwood. The steam locomotive SP #4449 will be on display there in the historic downtown area, where over 650+ cars will compete for various of awards and medals.

This is a great opportunity to talk to volunteers 1-on-1, learn more about how the steam locomotive works, and learn of the latest details on our quest to build a new home for Portland's three steam locomotives.

We're even looking for some additional volunteer help, so come on down and introduce yourself, what you like to do, and find out how you may be of assistance in our efforts!



The ORHF held its annual fundraiser, the Holiday Express in December '07 on the Oregon Pacific Railroad operating out of Oaks Amusement Park. The 40-minute train ride ran alongside the Willamette River and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in SE Portland.

Here you'll learn more about who and where some of our volunteers come from, and how our summer picnic went. We also go into detail about the latest efforts in our property acquisition, and various of outreach programs we've done.

In addition to the Puget Sound Steam Special section, there's a recap all of the events and projects each member organization did in the last year, go have a read! (PDF)
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Since the locomotives lack a permanent home, ORHF is in the process of acquiring property in SE Portland. Learn more about our current and future home, as well as view property aerials and drawings!