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Register of trains passing through Bowers Junction, Oregon, in 1955 and 1956, and through Vernonia, Oregon, in 1956 and 1969, with information including dates and times of arrival and departure, train and engine numbers, cargo tonnage, and the names of engineers and conductors. Bowers Junction and Vernonia are in Washington County, Oregon. A portion of the railroad routes in the area later became the Banks-Vernonia Trail.

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Martin Van Buren Donley was superintendent of the bridge and building department, Oregon Railway and Navigation company. Collection includes bills; accident records; bridge and building profiles of miscellaneous railway stations; and 1 plan for the Union Hotel & Depot in Huntington.

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Subscription list, October 1963, created by Simon G. Elliott to defray in part the cost of making a preliminary survey for a railroad route connecting the Pacific Railroad in California with the city of Portland, Oregon.

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Collection consists of speeches and manuscripts for publication, circa 1974-1976, regarding railroads in Oregon, tidelands, and legislation regarding public lands used for railroads.

Abstract Typescript copies, some on microfilm, of the letters and private papers of a businessman, entrepreneur, railroad magnate, and land developer of Portland, Oregon, active in the late 19th century. Subjects include mining, railroad ventures, land development, livestock breeding, shipping and steamships. Prominent correspondents include John C. Ainsworth, William S. Ladd, Ladd & Tilton Bank, and Martin Winch. Also included are letters from Victor M. Clement of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan...

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Collection includes time sheets, financial records and reports of delays, conductors, train repairs, etc.

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Papers of Harold J. Turner (1893-1964), primarily relating to his role as railroad lobbyist and manager of the Oregon Railroad Association. Turner worked for the railroad industry, and from 1934 to 1961 was manager of the Oregon Railroad Association.