Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric
interurban railways that ran through Oregons Willamette Valley and
of the streetcars that operated in the towns they served. Long
before modern light rail vehicles, electric trains were providing
Portland and the Willamette Valley with reliable, elegant
transportation that was second to none. Between 1908 and 1915, two
large systems, the Oregon Electric Railway and the Southern Pacific
Red Electrics, joined smaller competitors constructing railways
throughout the region. Portland became the hub of an impressive
interurban network in a frenzy of electric railway building. Yet
all too soon, this brief but glorious interurban era was over.
Highway improvement and the growth of automobile ownership made
electric passenger trains unprofitable in the sparsely populated
valley. By the early 1930s, the company that had launched the
nations first true interurban was the only one still offering
passenger service here.
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