The original MAX rail cars are retiring — just short of their 40th birthday — and TriMet is throwing them a Portland goodbye ...

A TriMet Type 1 MAX train was retired after nearly 40 years of service and given a public sendoff, with guests writing ...

Rail preservation often comes with challenges, and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF) is no exception. Yet despite challenging times, the organization continues to find times for celebration - ...

Bill Habjan, a retired doctor from Lebanon, Oregon, makes the 160-mile round trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland’s Central Eastside twice a week to work on an old engine. “When a steam ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that $42,712,400 in federal funding is coming to Oregon for five projects to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and ...

2250 SE Water Ave., 503-233-1156, orhf.org. 1–5 pm Thursday–Sunday. Free. Whether you are a die-hard train enthusiast or just looking for a quirky Portland adventure, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center ...

Matt Wiederholt remembers the boom days of the sawmills in Prineville. Trucks hauled logs out of the Ochoco National Forest to seven mills in town. Multiple trains a day rolled through town, blowing a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - TriMet is donating one of its oldest MAX cars to the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks, Oregon. A send-off was held for the train car on Tuesday morning that ended at ...

The Federal Railroad Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is investing more than $40 million in rail funding for Oregon. Projects span the state and include work in ...

U.S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon in 1959 promised that the Washington Park loop of the Oregon Zoo train would be “the most elaborate and far flung recreation railroad ever built in our land.” ...