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Logging railroads – History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Bowden Logging Railroads Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SHL013
Abstract

The collection consists of research material on Oregon, northern California, and northwestern Nevada logging and freight railroads, logging companies and mills in the area, correspondence, drafted maps, images, DVDs and maps. Jack Bowden (John Curtis Bowden) translated a life-long love of railroads into a career with the Southern Pacific Railroad, two books and a research collection created over 60 years.

Dates: 1910-2005

Robert E. Strahorn and the OC+E Railroad by Pati O'Connor

 Item
Identifier: SHL 285
Abstract

The Oregon, California and Eastern Railway (OC&E) was a 64-mile rail line between Oregon towns of Klamath Falls and Bly. It was founded by Robert E. Strahorn in 1919. Collection contains a paper written by Pati O’Connor about that man.

Dates: Undated