Note: some railroad photos are presently in various cities albums on this site.....

Click on the links below to see the photos. Click on the back arrow of your browser to return here. All photos courtesy of the Yamhill County Historical Society, Lafayette, OR. Reproduction of the digital imagery on this page by permission only. All digital images © 2000, Y.C.H.S.

Notes:

• Ballston Section Crew: while technically not in Yamhill County, it's close! And this is representational of crews working the rails all around Oregon.
• Carlton & Coast RR ? We're not sure if this is actually in Yamhill County. Do you have knowledge of this?
• Oregonian Railway No. 7: Probably NOT in Yamhill County, but the engineer was Sam Scanlon, originally from this county.
• Dayton Depot 3: thats Mr. Hibbert on the right by his car.
• Wood Burning # 1604: used in constructing the Carlton & Coast RR in 1910
• Galloping Goose: This was a White Railbus Train. Efforts are currently underway to restore this vehicle for tourism runs between Willamina and Grand Ronde. It is currently in Parkdale, owned by Jack Mills of the Mount Hood Railroad.

The original photos were scanned at much higher resolution than you will see here, and were decreased in size due to image load times. If you would like a copy of the full sized image, email yamhillhistory@onlinemac.com so arrangements can be made. 

Note: The Willamina Museum is located at 188 SE 'D' Street in Willamina, and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Curators April Wooden, Bob and Charlene Brown have graciously allowed us to scan the photos on this page as noted thusly². With the exception of the tip over, these photos were donated to the Museum by Jim Scharschmidt, whose father Howard worked for the W & G.R. railroad between 1922 and 1962. Howard, also known as H.B. had a brother named Guy who was the civil engineer who performed some of the design work on this line, and who may have taken these photos.

Thanks for visiting.

last modified 12/31/2003 by DEL