Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway
The Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway is an Oregon-based short line railroad that began near Eugene as the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad (O&SE) in 1904. O&SE's line ran 18 miles (29 km) along the Row River between the towns of Cottage Grove and Disston. The Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway Company incorporated in 1912, purchased the physical assets of the O&SE two years later, and shortened their total trackage to operate 16.6 miles (26.7 km) from an interchange yard with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cottage Grove, east to a 528' x 156' turnaround loop at Culp Creek. The last of this track was closed and scrapped in 1994, and ownership of its abandoned right of way property was later reverted to the state of Oregon to become one of the first-ever Government/Private Sector cooperative partnership Rails to Trails programs in the US, forming the Row River National Recreation Trail. A successor corporation now operates a communications company and a narrow-gauge line at Wildlife Safari.
OPE train, hauled by McCloud Railway 19, entering Dorena, Oregon in 1971. This line closed in 1987, and is now the Row River Trail.
Route in 1930
OP&E 100
OP&E 19, a 1915-built, 90 ton Baldwin 2-8-2 logging locomotive moved from Yreka, California to 'Age of Steam Roundhouse' in Sugarcreek, Ohio on June 2, 2017 known as "The No. 19", and/or "Shack's Train", in 20th Century Fox's 1973 film, "Emperor of the North Pole"[citation needed].
Walden is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cottage Grove, near the confluence of the Row River and Mosby Creek.
Walden, Oregon