Oregon Rail Heritage: Passenger cars (photo diary)

by Ojibwa for Museums

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Wednesday, Apr. 08, 2026 Wednesday, Apr. 08, 2026 at 7:15:14am PDT

Portland’s industrial heritage is entwined with being at the crossroads of many different railroads for over a century. The east-side Brooklyn Yard hosted one of the last remaining roundhouses with a turntable. Since the Yard was converted to intermodal transport, the City’s three historic steam locomotives and most of the machinery necessary to maintain them was moved to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. The Center also has a variety of vintage passenger cars, diesel locomotives, and other rolling stock. The area outside of the Center contains rolling stock, most of which has not been restored. Shown below are some of the passenger cars. The interiors of these cars were no open to the public.

Note: These photos were taken on September 11, 2025.