Historic Hood River
Portland Directory
1-29-2016
Notes
By 1899 Hood River had a reasonable set of local services, but residents still looked to Portland for some specialized shopping. If, for example, you wanted a 25-ton locomotive you would need to take the steamer down the Columbia.
Charlott
Too bad our friend Arlen wasn’t around as he could own his own locomotive.
L.E.
Was Hood River part of the Oregon Short Line RR?
Boy, I thought today’s adds were explicit.
If it’s in a metal box with the French flag on top, it must be a good pill.
Arlen Sheldrake
what a great view into the past!!!! will pass on the loco but sign me up for the buffet-library car east.
Kenn
After the westward building UP RR connected in Utah to the Central Pacific from CA, they constructed the Oregon Short line RR to Huntington Oregon to meet the Oregon RR and Navigation. The UP, OSL, OR&N and the OWR&N became one and still operates through Hood River.
Kenn
The locomotive offered for sale would have been from the Portland city lines. The tracks there were 3′ 6" as in the ad where main lines are 4′ 8.5" and mountain narrow guage 3′.