Oregon Railroad & Navigation 197 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905 for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Since the OR&N was controlled
OR&N No. 197 at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in 2013
Side view of OR&N 197 outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center before construction of the center was completed
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company was a rail and steamboat transport company that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Ore
Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197
…Oregon Railroad & Navigation 197 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in 1905 for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N). Since the OR&N was controlled by E.H. Harriman at the time, this locomotive bears a strong resemblance to Southern Pacific locomotives of the…
Southern Pacific's Shasta Limited on the OWR & N.
Advertisement in 1887
The ghost town of Burke, Idaho was situated in such a narrow canyon that the O.R.&.N. and Northern Pacific operated on main street. (1914) The Tiger Hotel was built over the tracks due to space constraints.