"Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the regioni and some branchlines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region ..."--Cover

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Big Creek & Telocaset City of Prineville Condon, Kinzua & Southern Great Western/Lake County/Modoc Northern/Lake Idaho Northern & Pacific/ Wallowa Union Klamath Northern Mount Hood Oregon, California & Eastern Oregon Eastern division of Wyoming/Colorado Oregon & Northwestern Sumpter Valley Union Railroad of Oregon Other roads