The Oregon Rail Heritage Center and the Oregon Pacific Railroad are partnering to offer weekly train rides along the Springwater. April 16th – Celebrate the return of Spring with our first-ever Easter Bunny Express! Ride through the scenic Springwater Corridor in the heart of Portland! The Easter Bunny and helpers will be on board greeting …
The family fun Saturday Train Rides are back – Starting April 23rd Enjoy a scenic 45-minute trip along the east bank of the Willamette River and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge to Oaks Park, where you are welcome to get off and back on later at no additional cost. Cars include at least one caboose and …
by Ross Rowland I was raised in a small New Jersey town called Cranford, which is on the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRofNJ) about 17 miles west of Jersey City. It was a great place to be a youngster who loved trains and especially steam locomotives. The CRRofNJ maintained a yard, turntable and roundhouse …
After a year’s pause due to Covid, the Holiday Express is back on track! Tickets are on sale now. Click here to book your ride today. What to Expect You’ll join Santa Claus and his elves for a magical ride inside vintage rail cars pulled by Portland’s world-famous steam locomotive, the SP 4449. Board at …
The Oregon Rail Heritage Center will be open Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1:00 – 5:00pm starting May 8th. But….we are a volunteer run organization, and there may be times we do not have enough volunteers to safely open the Center. If we cannot open on a given day, we will post this on the …