Bill Habjan, a retired doctor from Lebanon, Oregon, makes the 160-mile round trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland’s Central Eastside twice a week to work on an old engine. “When a steam ...

Kim Melten and his wife brought a new way to enjoy the outdoors to Oregon more than 10 years ago. They coupled their love of bikes and the outdoors into an accessible activity: rail riding. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The historic Mount Emily Shay, a 100-year-old steam engine that once carried logs to lumber mills in Washington and LaGrande, Ore., pulled into its new home at the Oregon Rail ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that $42,712,400 in federal funding is coming to Oregon for five projects to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Historical Society and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation announced Friday the permanent transfer of the Mount Emily Shay #1 steam locomotive from the City of ...

As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part of a long ago ...

Twenty years ago, the Cascadia region from Eugene to Vancouver, B.C., was identified as one of 11 federally designated high-speed rail corridors. Since then, the Pacific Northwest corridor has ...