Quick Info
Museum Name	Oregon Electric Railway Museum
Location	Brooks, OR
Museum Type	Trolley Museum
Operation	Trolley Operation
# of Collection
Website	OERM

Transit Museums, North America
Oregon Electric Railway Museum

I happen to be the Webmaster for this museum. This museum moved from Gales Creek in the Coast Range mountains to the Willamette Valley in 1996. Limited operations commenced in 1997. There is now over a 1/2 mile of electrified trackage and a car barn to house the collection. The museum has cars from the West Coast, Canada, England, Australia and Hong Kong. The collection dates from 1897 to 1977. The museum plans to add a restoration shop as well as an interpretive center in the coming years. It is clearly the largest trolley museum in the Pacific Northwest.

The photos below are a mere sampling of the cars in their collection. Please enjoy!

The carbarn houses 4 tracks. Track one (right) is a dual gauge track to house the narrow gauge collection.	The powerhouse that converts the 3 phase AC to 600 Vdc for the trolley wire overhead.
Track crew if working on extending the right-of-way in Jan. of 2001.	Car 911 is a replica streetcar that serves as a temporary museum store/ticket office.
Car 813 is operating under wire in 2000. This car normally operates at sister operation, The Willamette Shore Trolley in Portland.	The newest, and youngest member of the fleet, MUNI Boeing LRV. This car was recently retired in San Francisco, but will be preserved for future generations.
Car 503 is from Portland, OR and is one of the famous Council Crest Cars. It needs a major overhaul.	BC Electric 1304 comes from Vancouver and is the pride of the fleet.
Blackpool # 48 is seen here operating on OERM's sister operation The Willamette Shore Trolley in Portland.	OERM's other double-decker, Hong Kong # 12. It is a narrow gauge car, lacking motors, but is a very neat car.

Transit Museums, North America Oregon Electric Railway Museum

Transit Museums, North America
Oregon Electric Railway Museum