Salem Passenger Depot
Salem's Passenger Rail Station: A Restored Jewel Salem's historic Passenger Rail Station is a restored jewel in the crown of the nation's passenger rail [...]
August 2005
New Ferry
The Daniel Matheny V: Salem's New Wheatland Ferry 1995, "Wheatland Ferry Daniel Matheny" discharging cars on Marion County side of Willamette River., WHC [...]
Ferries
Salem's Ferries Donald Muelhaupt and father Otto (John Herman). Ferry on Willamette River. Horse and buggies., WHC Collections 2008.021.0007 Less than five [...]
Electric Railway
Oregon Electric Railway Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway The run from Portland to Salem, and possibly even Eugene--and back, along the route of [...]
Electric Railway Waconda
Waconda, Hopmere And Quinaby Stations Looking ahead as we leave Concomly, we find we are approaching Waconda, Hopmere, Quinaby and Chemawa. The Oregon Electric [...]
Electric Railway Salem
Arriving At Salem As we make our way into Salem, we discover one of the reasons the Oregon Electric Railway was the most popular [...]
Salem to Independence on the Oregon Electric Railway
Salem To Independence Your route south towards Eugene takes you out of Salem past the old paper mill, along Minto-Brown Island. The first station, [...]
Electric Railway Origins
Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway Oregon Electric Railway Train, WHC Collections x2012.016.1972 Let's turn our clocks back to the end of [...]
Electric Railway Chemawa
Chemawa Station and Heading To Salem The next station on our route is Chemawa, although the little Oregon Electric station house is a half-mile [...]
Courthouse Square
Courthouse Square James Norman, 2001, General view of the Courthouse Square Transit Center (Formerly the Senator Block), view looking Southeast from high street. [...]