OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY- ABANDONED SECTION AND REMAINING TROLLEY TRACKAGE IN EUGENE , OREGON

Special thanks to Aaron Durland for the pictures and information on this page.

The trolley tracks you see here are all that remains of Eugene ’s trolley system which ran up to, I believe, 1926. This is looking north at the intersection of 22^nd and Columbia . These tracks run only a block. The rest of the trackage that ran along  Eugene ’s streets has either been pulled up or paved over, although in the past there have been sections that have been paved over but have been chipped away, exposing the rails, due to weather and stress.

Links to pages with information on the Oregon Electric Railway:

http://pdxhistory.com/html/oregon_electric.html

http://www.oesrestaurant.com/oeshistory.htm

Looking south along Columbia .

Looking west at the corner of Grant and 5^th, this is the “end of the line” for the section of the former OE track still in use. A piece of the old line is still preserved in the pavement. Directly behind this photo the track to the right comes to an end alongside a local warehouse. The Portland & Western, a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. now operates the line.

Down the next block going east, looking westward, a remnant of what appears to be a spur or siding can still be seen next to this business.

At the same location looking eastward, the ROW went between the street (5th Street) and the fence.

Just a few feet to the east, if you look closely at the street, you can see cuts in the pavement where the ROW began to move into the center of the street.

Again, a few feet to the east, looking east, you can see where the ROW ran down the middle of 5^th, heading to the former OE passenger station (which is now the Oregon Electric Station, a restaurant.) The line originally ended close to the intersection of 5^th and High but the visible remains of the old ROW that you see here end beginning at the intersection of 5^th and Blair as newer pavement has been laid on that particular section.