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Sumpter Valley Railway
LocaleSumpter, Oregon
TerminusMcEwen, Oregon
Commercial operations
NameSumpter Valley Railway
Original gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Preserved operations
Operated bySumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc.
Stations2
Length5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Preserved gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Commercial history
Opened1890
Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Sumpter Valley Railway is located in Oregon
Sumpter Valley Railway
Sumpter Valley Railway is located in the United States
Sumpter Valley Railway
Nearest cityBates, Oregon
Area1,223.8 acres (495.3 ha)
Built1890 (1890)
ArchitectWest, Joseph A.
NRHP reference No.87001065[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1987
Sumpter Valley Railway route map
Legend
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OR&N
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Baker City
0
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South Baker
1.5
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Salisbury
9.5
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Lockhart
12.0
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Thompson
13.2
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Boulder Gorge
16.2
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Mason
17.0
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Curry
18.0
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McEwen
22.5
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Sumpter Wye
27.9
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Sumpter
29.0
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Sumpter Wye
30.2
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Larch
34.7
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Alder Springs
36.8
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McCoy
40.0
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Whitney
43.4
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Carroll
47.1
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Tipton
51.0
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White Pine
54.9
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Austin
59.2
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Bates
60.2
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Prairie City
81.0
DeWitt Museum

The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains on a roughly 5-mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter.[2] The railroad has two steam locomotives and several other pieces of rolling stock.[3] Passenger excursion trains operate on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through the end of September.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sumpter Valley Railroad History". Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc. 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Sumpter Valley Railroad". Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc. 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

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