Switchback Hill

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Oregon's last logging railroad, the Oregon, California and Eastern, used a pair of switchbacks here to get over the hill. The line was built during the 1920s, and by using the switchbacks the grade was kept to 1.63% against westbound traffic. A planned 1,300' tunnel through Bly Mountain was never built. Weyerhaeuser shut down the OC&E during 1991, with the last run over the hill taking place on Sept. 25.
www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/oce.html
www.rrpicturearchives.net/locolist.aspx?id=oce&search=s...

The former OC&E rail line has now been converted into the OC&E Woods Line State Trail.
www.oregonstateparks.org/park_230.php
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC&E_Woods_Line_State_Trail
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Coordinates:   42°25'20"N   121°33'4"W
This article was last modified 17 years ago