Trains, Railroads, Streetcars
- A Marion Steam Shovel, Simpson Logging Company, Near Seattle c 1905As low as $5.00This detailed image shows a cut being made through a ridge by the Simpson Logging Company, to be used for their logging railroad. Learn More
- A Small but Mighty Logging Steam Engine - circa 1900As low as $5.00This logging engine appears to be partly hand-made by the logging company that utilized it - particularly the wooden components. Learn More
- Arlington, Oregon, on the Columbia River - 1939As low as $5.00Arlington is an early Oregon town located on the Columbia River at the mouth of Alkali Canyon, about fifty miles east of The Dalles. In the early 1870s, settlers built corrals here to hold sheep and cattle waiting to be transported downriver. Learn More
- Baseball Game at Marshfield, Libby Railroad in Background - 1901As low as $5.00Unlike the field in the 1985 movie "Brewster's Millions", at the Marshfield stadium the railroad did not cross the outfield. But it was pretty close. Learn More
- Benson Logging Railroad Through Tall Trees - c. 1905As low as $5.00Simon Benson was a technical innovator, and one of the first to use logging railroads rather than ox teams to haul his cut logs to the river. Learn More
- Big Rock Cut, Above Cabinet, Northern Pacific Railroad - c. 1882As low as $5.00This view of railroad construction was captured by Davidson as Northern Pacific's transcontinental line neared completion. (It was opened in 1883.) Learn More
- Bill Grisdale & Crew at Simpson's Camp No. 1, near Shelton - c. 1900As low as $5.00Bill Grisdale, in the white shirt standing beside the tender, was the nephew of Sol Simpson, who founded Simpson Logging Company in 1890. Learn More
- Branch Electric Railway Line to Moehnke's Mill - 1900sAs low as $5.00This lumber car was part of a branch electric railway line from Willamette Falls along the river to Moehnke's Mill, two miles upstream. The boy on the car is Howard Moehnke. Learn More
- Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia Gorge - 1880sAs low as $5.00The Bridal Veil Bluffs and the Pillars of Hercules are adjoining basalt formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More
- Bridal Veil, Snow Bound - c. 1885As low as $5.00The photographer's title apparently refers to the person in the cabin, rather than the train, which seems to be getting through heading up-river. Learn More
- Building a Bridge Along the Snake River near Robinette - c. 1909As low as $5.00This view shows a railroad bridge under construction across the Powder River where it flows into the Snake. Robinette was located behind the photographer on the west bank of the Snake River. Learn More
- Building the Railroad Bridge Across the Willamette at Wilsonville - c. 1907As low as $5.00A construction crew poses in front of the almost-completed railroad bridge at Wilsonville, built for the Oregon Electric Railway. Learn More
- Cascades of the Columbia - c. 1890As low as $5.00The Cascade Rapids on the Columbia River were one of two sections of the river that blocked passage for steamboats, the other being The Dalles. Learn More
- Cedar Island and Beavertail Ridge, Deschutes River - c. 1909As low as $5.00This overview of Beavertail Ridge is recreated from a glass negative made by George Weister during the Deschutes River Railroad War. You can see tracks being constructed on both sides of the river. Learn More
- Chetco River Railroad Bridge, Brookings - circa 1917As low as $5.00This long, curving trestle was built in 1917 by the California & Oregon Lumber Company, headquartered in Brookings. Learn More
- Construction of Columbia River Highway, with Temporary Railroad - 1915As low as $5.00Many historic photos exist of the Columbia River Highway. This one is unusual, showing the temporary railroad used to move heavy materials along the highway grade during construction. Learn More
- Crown Point from Rooster Rock - circa 1920As low as $5.00This photo of Crown Point and Vista House is unusual as it was taken from across the river, and it also shows an excursion train passing below Crown Point at water level. Learn More
- Elk Rock Trestle to Oswego - c. 1894As low as $5.00Elk Rock Trestle, replaced by a tunnel in 1921, on the line from Portland to Oswego. Learn More
- Engine 132 Passing Through The Needles - c. 1900As low as $5.00A steam engine on the line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company (O R & N) passes between the two spires of The Needles on its way up the Columbia River. Learn More
- Evergreen Highway, Looking West at Rock Shed Around Cape Horn - c. 1930As low as $5.00In 1927, thirty-seven tons of dynamite were used to clear the way for the Evergreen Highway to extend around the river side of Cape Horn in Washington. Unfortunately, the blast loosened much more rock than anticipated, and hundreds of feet of railroad as well as buildings and a farm were covered in the ensuing landslide. Learn More
- First Baker City Depot - c. 1885As low as $5.00A crowd has gathered - perhaps for the arrival of a dignitary - in this early photo of the first Baker City Depot, built in about 1884, the year the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's trains reached Baker City from the west. Learn More
- First Carload of Express Melons in Grants Pass - 1886As low as $5.00Local farmers have brought wagon loads of melons to the depot for shipment to hungry customers in the cities to the north. Despite its name, the Oregon & California Railroad shown here would not actually reach California until the following year. Learn More
- First Steel Bridge, Portland - circa 1888As low as $5.00This is Portland's first steel bridge, from a photo taken shortly after its completion in 1888. It was the first railroad bridge across the Willamette in Portland. Learn More
- First Steel Bridge, Portland, Under Construction - 1888As low as $5.00This is the first Steel Bridge, after the lower deck was functional but before the upper deck was completed. Learn More
- First Train to Klamath Falls - 1909As low as $5.00The city of Klamath Falls had long desired a railroad, and when the Southern Pacific completed its line into town from Weed, CA in 1909 the citizens turned out to celebrate. The coming of the railroad was a very big deal for towns throughout the Northwest. Learn More
- Getting in Line at Hood River Depot - 1910sAs low as $5.00It's "hurry up and wait" time at Hood River Depot, as passengers and freight haulers await their turn to board the eastbound train. Learn More
- Glenmorrie Bus at Oswego Train Depot - c. 1915As low as $5.00An early REO bus waits at Oswego Depot to take arriving train passengers to the Glenmorrie neighborhood, just north of Marylhurst. Learn More
- Grading the Railroad to Harney Valley - c. 1914As low as $5.00In 1914 the Oregon Eastern Railroad was extending its line from Riverside over the hills to the town of Crane, east of Burns in the Harney Valley. Learn More
- Grand Ave. at Morrison, Looking North, Portland - c. 1915As low as $5.00There are lots of cross-bars on the power poles in this view looking north on Grand Avenue. No wonder they needed the poles to be so tall. Learn More
- Grandpa & Grandma Munra at Bonneville Eating House - 1888As low as $5.00Katherine and Selkirk Munra were known as Grandma and Grandpa Munra when they ran the Bonneville Eating House, along the tracks of the O R & N near the current site of the Bonneville Dam. Learn More
- Hallett's Hades, Midway Gibraltar Rock - c. 1880As low as $5.00Hallett's Hades was a point about 12 miles west of The Dalles, where the railroad tracks passed close to the edge of a cliff, part of which had been blown off in their construction. Learn More
- Hercules Pillars, on the Columbia River - 1907As low as $5.00This detailed photo of Hercules Pillars, also called The Needles, was created as a glass negative by Howard C. Tibbitts, photographer for Union Pacific and their Sunset magazine. Learn More
- Hood River Railroad Bridge - c. 1900As low as $5.00This is the railroad bridge across the mouth of Hood River that preceded the current steel bridge - itself now a very historic structure, having been completed in 1906. Learn More
- Irvington Streetcar Number 122 - c. 1910As low as $5.00Electric streetcars first took to the streets in Portland in 1889. By the teens, there were 28 streetcar and interurban lines in the Portland area. Learn More
- Kenton Union Stock Yards Trolley - c. 1915As low as $5.00The town of Kenton was built near both rail lines and the Columbia River, and its shipping opportunities encouraged industrial companies to locate there. Learn More
- Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910As low as $5.00The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More
- Loading a Log Train near Redmond - c. 1905As low as $5.00It looks pretty cold and damp in this scene of loading logs on railroad cars somewhere near Redmond in King County, Washington. Learn More
- Loading Logs on a Railcar Pulled by Oxen on Wooden Tracks c. 1890As low as $5.00Not all logging railroads had steel tracks, or were pulled by steam engines. Here we see cars pulled along log rails by teams of oxen. Learn More
- Loading Logs with 3 Steam Donkeys and a Steam Engine - c. 1900As low as $5.00Steam and smoke from the steam donkeys and the train engine create a wonderfully composed photo, and there's enough detail here to examine the machinery close up. Learn More
- Log Train in Northwest Washington - c. 1925As low as $5.00Photographer Cress's notes state, "Three to six logs usually constitute a carload, sometimes a single log." Learn More
- Logging "Roll Way", with Tracks, Yard & Steam Donkey - c. 1898As low as $5.00A good overview of many aspects of a turn-of-the-last-century logging operation, captured here by Portland photographer John F. Ford. Learn More
- Looking Up Cow Creek Canyon - circa 1908As low as $5.00This classic photo shows the beauty of Cow Creek Canyon in southern Oregon. The view was produced in large quantities as a colorized postcard, but our version comes from the original glass negative. Learn More
- Lower Deschutes River, Below Sixteen Canyon - circa 1915As low as $5.00We're looking upstream along the Deschutes River, at about mile 20 (20 miles above the Columbia River). Learn More
- Lyle, Washington, from Point over Tunnel - 1906As low as $5.00Part of James J. Hill's Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, completed in 1908 from Spokane to Portland, this view shows the two-track trestle entering the town of Lyle from the east. Learn More
- Marent Trestle, Height 226 Feet, Highest Trestle on NPRR - c. 1883As low as $5.00This wooden trestle, completed in 1883, was short-lived, replaced by an iron trestle in 1884 - 1885. Learn More
- New Bridge Across the Sandy River - c. 1883As low as $5.00The new bridge for the O. R. & N. Company, across the Sandy River east of Portland on the way to the Columbia Gorge. Learn More
- North Bend Number 1 Ready to Unload Logs - c. 1900As low as $5.00The crew of this southern Oregon logging train pauses for a photo before unloading their logs into the waiting pond. Learn More
- North Bend Number 1 With a Full Load of Logs c. 1900As low as $5.00This is the middle of a set of three photos by Ernest Stauff of Marshfield. All show the same logging train - this one shows it on the way from the woods to the mills. Learn More
- Ocean Liner Passing Through Draw of Burnside Bridge - 1931As low as $5.00An Ocean Liner passes through the opened bridge in September, 1931, about five years after the new Burnside Bridge was completed, replacing an 1894 swing-span version. Learn More
- Oneonta Bluff - c. 1895As low as $5.00Looking east towards Oneonta Bluff, before the Columbia River Highway tunnel was bored through it to the right of the railroad tracks. Learn More