The Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway was an Oregon-based short line railroad that began near Eugene as the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad in 1904. O&SE's line ran 18 miles along the Row River bet
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, and later in the 1986 Rob Reiner coming-of-age film, Stand by Me; it was used in a scene were one of the main characters plays chicken with No. 19..
Stand by Me (film)
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Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. St
Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway
…90 ton Baldwin (serial number 42000) 2-8-2 logging steam locomotive No. 19. The film was released on DVD as Emperor of the North in 2006. In 1985, Stand By Me, Rob Reiner's motion picture of a Stephen King novelette, was also filmed along the railroad's right of way. In March 1986, the company owned a total…
Theatrical release poster
"The Body" was the original name of the movie based on the novel, with Embassy Pictures heading production. T-shirts bearing the name and company were given to the cast and crew.
Bridge on the road leading into Brownsville, Oregon, used for the penultimate scenes (2009)
The McCloud River Railroad trestle bridge across Lake Britton in California, which was used for the train chase scene (2012)