Old Chet,' steam engine for the Vernonia South Park and Sunset Steam RR
Title
Old Chet,' steam engine for the Vernonia South Park and Sunset Steam RR
Description
Black and white image of a steam engine sitting on the tracks, mostly likely near Banks, Oregon. The Vernonia, South Park and Sunset Steam Railroad was a nonprofit venture that ran a tourist and excursion train from Banks to Vernonia in the last half of the 1960s. Supposedly named for its first engineer, Chet Alexander, the engine, #105, was built in 1925 and originally pulled trains that transported lumber from mills in Vernonia and Manning. Salvaged and restored for use by the V. S. P. and S. Steam Railroad, the train was In operation from 1965 to 1969, when the V. S. P. and S. folded. The engine was last known to be in storage in Merrill, Oregon. See WCM_012932, WCMpic_012939, and WCMpic_012940 for more images of this train.
Creator
McMullen, H. E., photographer, Hillsboro, Oregon
Date Created
circa 1964-1969
Subject
Railroads--Passenger traffic
Tourism
Trains
Steam locomotives
Economic History
Travel & Tourism
Place
Banks, Oregon
Medium
photographic prints
Identifier
WCMpic_012936
Rights
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image