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83:. On the opposite bank of the Willamette, the railroad built Ray's Landing. This became the north terminus of the narrow gauge line on the east side of the Willamette valley. The line connected towns such as 245: 215: 240: 225: 65: 235: 17: 210: 159: 164: 220: 154: 138: 230: 141:. In later years, Villard would leave the Oregon railroad scene and the line came to be under the control of 64:
A group of Scot capitalists formed the Oregonian Railway Company, Limited after purchasing the bankrupt
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Revenues were dropping, and by 1886 or 1887 the railroad granted a long-term lease to
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Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington, p. 126
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The railroad also expanded the westside line south to reach
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Index

Oregonian Railway Company
3 ft
narrow gauge
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Dayton, Sheridan and Grande Ronde Railroad
Dayton
Yamhill River
Willamette River
St. Paul
Woodburn
Silverton
Brownsville
Coburg
Perrydale
Dallas
Monmouth
Independence
Airlie
Earl of Airlie
Henry Villard
Oregon & California Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
List of defunct Oregon railroads
Portland and Willamette Valley Railway
William Reid (Scottish businessman)
Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: Oregon, Washington, p. 126
Categories
1879 establishments in Oregon
3 ft gauge railways in the United States

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