Oregon Experience: Streetcar City

Resources

Books

Edwin D. Culp, Early Oregon Days
Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho , 1987
Edwin D. Culp, Stations West, The Story of Oregon Railways
Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1978
John T. Labbe, Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years
Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho , 1982
Richard Thompson, Portland’s Streetcars
Arcadia Publishing, 2006
Richard Thompson, Portland’s Streetcar Lines
Arcadia Publishing, 2010
Richard Thompson, Willamette Valley Railways
Arcadia Publishing, 2008

Web sites

Astoria Riverfront Trolley
http://webpages.charter.net/astoriatrolley/
Dave’s Electric Railroads
http://www.davesrailpix.com/
Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society
http://oerhs.org/index.html
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
http://www.pnwc-nrhs.org/
PDXHistory.com: Streetcars
http://pdxhistory.com/html/streetcars.html
Portland Streetcar
http://www.portlandstreetcar.org/
Portland Transportation History Blog
http://transportationhistory.blogspot.com/
Portland Vintage Trolley
http://vintagetrolleys.com/
Trolley Trail
http://www.hhpr.com/trolleytrail/
Willamette Shore Trolley
http://oerhs.org/wst/index.htm
About the Program
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Oregon once had one of the nation's most extensive streetcar systems.

 

Types of Transportation
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Learn about different types of urban rail transportation.

Astoria's Riverfront Trolley
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Take a ride on old 300, a lovingly restored historic trolley.

Streetcar Film Clips
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View archival film of Portland streetcars in action.

Portland Streets and Neighborhoods
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A gallery of Portland's historic streetcar line.

Oregon Streetcars
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A gallery of streetcars in other Oregon Cities

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