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Oregon & Northwestern Railroad (Images of Rail) by Jeff Moore, Wayne I. Monger, Wayne I Monger is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Oregon & Northwestern Railroad (Images of Rail) about?

In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agency's history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.

Who reads Oregon & Northwestern Railroad (Images of Rail)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jeff Moore, Wayne I. Monger, Wayne I Monger
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781467130479
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Transportation, History, Travel

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