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 Willamette Valley Railway hopper car on a train in Topeka, Kansas, April 25, 2019. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Independence, Oregon |
| Reporting mark | WVR, WGR |
| Locale | Northwestern Oregon |
| Dates of operation | 1993– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Willamette Valley Railway (reporting marks WVR, WGR) is a short-line railroad that operates in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It leased a line from Woodburn to Stayton from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in February 1993, as well as a branch from Geer west to Salem (partly abandoned in 1995[1]),[2] and purchased the property in 1996.[3] The company also leased a line between Albany and Mill City in 1993, but transferred the lease to the Albany and Eastern Railroad in October 2000.[4][5]
- ^ Union Pacific Railroad, Short Line Railroad Directory: Willamette Valley Railway, accessed February 2009
- ^ Railroad Retirement Board, Employer Status Determination: Willamette Valley Railway Company, 1993
- ^ STB Finance Docket No. 32684, 1996
- ^ STB Docket No. AB-435 (Sub-No. 2X), November 16, 2007
- ^ Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9, p. 335