Oregon/Railroads

Like highways, railroad tracks have been imported from TIGER data and they share the same problems like unconnected segments, wrong tagging, missing bridges and railroad crossings and positions that are frequently off quite a lot. So a review is necessary as it is for highways. This page is currently a work in progress, now alpha as its basic structure has emerged as stable.

Active Lines (Mainline, Branch, Industrial and Short)

Lines, expressed as route=railway relations, that see active, regular rail traffic, whether freight, industrial or passenger.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)

BNSF operates the Northwest Division in Oregon, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. This division has additional segments in Washington, Idaho, Northern California and British Columbia, Canada.

Mainline

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Fallbridge Subdivision	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	1443651 1443651	Pasco, Washington - Wishram, Washington - Vancouver, Washington - Portland	Unknown	Supports Amtrak® Cascades® passenger=international, and Amtrak Empire Builder® and Amtrak Coast Starlight® passenger=national route=trains.
Gateway Subdivision	Western Pacific (WP) south of Bieber Great Northern (GN) north of Bieber	4484473 4484473	Keddie Wye, California - Bieber, California - Klamath Falls	TIGER reviewed Oregon segment between Klamath Falls and California boundary
Oregon Trunk Subdivision	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	7362830 7362830	Wishram, Washington - Bend - Chemult	Unknown

Union Pacific (UP)

Mainline

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Ayer Subdivision	Unknown	1443674 1443674	Hinkle - Cheney, Washington	Unknown
Black Butte Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	4510755 4510755	Dunsmuir, California - Mount Shasta, California - Weed, California - Dorris, California - Klamath Falls	Unknown	Supports Amtrak Coast Starlight passenger=national route=trains.
Brooklyn Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	2203588 2203588	East Portland - Coalca - Eugene	Unknown	Supports Amtrak Cascades passenger=international and Amtrak Coast Starlight passenger=national route=trains.
Canyon Subdivision	Unknown	Relation not defined yet	Central Oregon	Unknown
Cascade Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	4734850 4734850	Eugene - Oakridge - Chemult - Klamath Falls	Unknown	Supports Amtrak Coast Starlight passenger=national route=trains.
La Grande Subdivision		7524906 7524906	La Grande - Pendleton - Hinkle	Unknown
Portland Subdivision		7525013 7525013	Hinkle - The Dalles - Cascade Locks - Portland	Unknown	Both, Graham and Kenton Lines
Seattle Subdivision		Relation not defined yet	North Portland Jct. to Peninsula Jct. (Portland)	Unknown

Branch

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Modoc Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	4487489 4487489	Klamath Falls - Perez, California	Unknown
Weston Branch	Unknown	7367163 7367163	Walla Walla, Washington - Weston	Needs work	Some segments are named Blue Mountain Railroad

Short Lines (Branch, Industrial or Freight)

Coos Bay Rail Link (CBR)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Coos Bay Rail Link	Southern Pacific (SP)	8166379 8166379	Eugene - Coquille	Unknown	Only between Coquille and Coos Bay, please complete relation with other elements to Eugene

Genesee & Wyoming (CORP, PNWR)

Central Oregon and Pacific (CORP)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Roseburg Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Springfield - Medford	Unknown
Siskiyou Subdivision	Southern Pacific (SP)	4522356 4522356	Medford - Black Butte	Unknown	Confusing; split at California boundary?

Portland and Western (PNWR)

This table uses content from a similar table on Wikipedia.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Astoria Line	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	Relation not defined yet	Gasco - Astoria	Unknown
Bailey District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Corvallis - Dawson	Unknown
Dallas District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Gerlinger - Dallas	Unknown
Forest Grove District	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	Relation not defined yet	Hillsboro - Forest Grove	Unknown
Oregon Electric District	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	Relation not defined yet	Beaverton - Eugene	Unknown	Supports WES service=commuter passenger route=trains
Tillamook District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Beaverton - Banks	Unknown
Toledo District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Albany - Toledo	Unknown
United Railways District	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	Relation not defined yet	United Junction - Banks	Unknown
Westside District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Corvallis Junction - Cook	Unknown
Willamina District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Whiteson - Willamina	Unknown
Willsburg District	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Willsburg Junction - Tigard Yard	Unknown

Mount Hood Railroad (MH)

Mostly operating passenger excursion trains, the Mount Hood Railroad has small amounts of freight operations.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Mount Hood Railroad	Union Pacific (UP)	Relation not defined yet	Hood River - Parkdale	Unknown

Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
East Portland Division	Portland Traction Company (PRTD)	Relation not defined yet	East Portland Yard - Milwaukie	Unknown
Molalla Branch Division	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Canby - Liberal	Unknown

Passenger trains (Heavy Rail, Light Rail, Trams/Trolleys, Monorail, Tourism/Historic/Heritage Rail)

Tracks, stations and platforms used for passenger trains are properly collected into route=train relations, or relations tagged route=light_rail, route=subway or route=tram when those are the underlying rail infrastructure.

These tables are "somewhat complete." If you find a train, route (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Amtrak operates intercity passenger trains in the contiguous United States: many intrastate and passenger=regional trains and all interstate, passenger=national (long_distance), highspeed=yes, service=night, and passenger=international trains (some cross into Canada); see OSM Amtrak® wiki table. Try OpenPublicTransportMap.

A subset is repeated here with just these three routes which serve Oregon: two routes are Amtrak proper, one is a joint operation between Amtrak and the Washington Department of Transportation & Oregon Department of Transportation known as Amtrak Cascades®:

Amtrak passenger=regional, passenger=national and passenger=international trains serving Oregon (AMTK)

type=route_master	passenger=*	type=route	Status and Notes
Cascades® 10322759 10322759	international regional	PDX→VAC: 518 10571796 10571796 SEA→VAC: 516 10945392 10945392 EUG→SEA: 500;508 10945393 10945393 506 11845490 11845490 PDX→SEA: 502 11845489 11845489 504 10945389 10945389 VAC→PDX: 517 71428 71428 VAC→SEA: 519 10945391 10945391 SEA→EUG: 505 10945394 10945394 SEA→PDX: 501 10945390 10945390 507 11845488 11845488 PDX→EUG: 511;513 10945388 10945388	Complete; rough public_transport v2. 467 miles (752 km), though no single train covers this entire distance; there is no single route=train going all the way from Eugene to Vancouver. Only trains serving Canada are tagged as international; the rest are regional. No overnight service. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Coast Starlight® 10322757 10322757	national	LAX→SEA: 14 12074397 12074397 SEA→LAX: 11 2812900 2812900	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Los Angeles - San José - Oakland - Sacramento - Portland - Seattle.
Empire Builder® 10322755 10322755	national	SEA→CHI: 8 10946021 10946021 PDX→CHI: 28 10946020 10946020 CHI→SEA: 7 1809794 1809794 CHI→PDX: 27 12089100 12089100	Complete; public_transport v2. (Chicago - Portland), (Chicago - Seattle) 2206 miles (3550 km). At Spokane, trains 7 and 27 decouple westbound and trains 8 and 28 couple eastbound.

Colors are passenger=national Amtrak routes = royal blue, passenger=international Amtrak Cascades® route = a certain shade of green to reflect livery and branding.

TriMet / Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TMTC)

TriMet rail relations are also maintained at Portland, Oregon/Transit Route Relations#TriMet Routes.

MAX Light Rail

Service Line	Route	Relation	operator=*	Status
Red Line: Beaverton Transit Center -> Portland International Airport	Light Rail	4565864 4565864	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Red Line: Portland International Airport -> Beaverton Transit Center	Light Rail	4565865 4565865	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Blue Line: Hillsboro -> Gresham	Light Rail	4565764 4565764	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Blue Line: Gresham -> Hillsboro	Light Rail	4565763 4565763	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Green Line: Portland -> Clackamas Town Center	Light Rail	4566251 4566251	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Green Line: Clackamas Town Center -> Portland	Light Rail	4566250 4566250	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Yellow Line: Portland -> Expo Center	Light Rail	4566519 4566519	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Yellow Line: Expo Center -> Portland	Light Rail	4566518 4566518	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Orange Line: Portland -> Milwaukie	Light Rail	5543449 5543449	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.
Orange Line: Milwaukie -> Portland	Light Rail	5543448 5543448	TriMet	Complete; public_transport v2.

Portland Streetcar

Service Line	Route	Relation	operator=*	Status
NS Line: South Waterfront -> Northwest 23rd & Marshall	Tram	4566682 4566682	TriMet	Mostly complete; public_transport v2. Some platforms are missing and may not reflect recent stop closures.
NS Line: Northwest 23rd & Marshall -> South Waterfront	Tram	4566681 4566681	TriMet	Mostly complete; public_transport v2. Some platforms are missing and may not reflect recent stop closures.
A Loop (clockwise)	Tram	4566680 4566680	TriMet	Mostly complete; public_transport v2. Some platforms are missing and may not reflect recent stop closures.
B Loop (counter-clockwise)	Tram	4566679 4566679	TriMet	Mostly complete; public_transport v2. Some platforms are missing and may not reflect recent stop closures.

WES Commuter Rail

Service Line	Route	Relation	operator=*	Status
Westside Express Service: Wilsonville -> Beaverton	Train	73306 73306	TriMet	Complete; public transport v2
Westside Express Service: Beaverton -> Wilsonville	Train	8313439 8313439	TriMet	Complete; public transport v2

Tourism, heritage and historic trains

Tag the route=train instances (but not the route=railway instances) of these with service=tourism.

Astoria Riverfront Trolley

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Astoria Riverfront Trolley	????	Tram	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete (currently tagged as railway=light_rail, should be railway=tram. also add electrified=no)

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad	????		Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Willamette Shore Trolley

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Willamette Shore Trolley	????	Tram	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Yards

It would be very kind for more OSM volunteers to continue to build up this statewide "Yards" table (stub) with status on every single Oregon rail yard. It is incomplete as there are more rail yards in Oregon than the ones listed right now.

Name	Railroad	Area	Subdivision(s) Served	TIGER Review	Status
Albina	UP	Portland	???	Unknown	Unknown
Brooklyn	UP	Portland	Brooklyn	Unknown	Unknown
East Portland	OPR	Portland	East Portland	Unknown	Unknown
Elmonica	TMTC	Portland		Unknown	Unknown
Hinkle	UP	Hermiston	Ayers, La Grade, Portland	Unknown	Unknown
Lake	BNSF	Portland	Fallbridge	Unknown	Unknown
Portland Streetcar	TMTC	Portland		Unknown	Unknown
Ruby Junction	TMTC	Portland		Yard grounds look very detailed	Appears complete

Railtrails and "Transitways"

A railtrail uses a former railroad right-of-way (ROW) for equestrian, bicycle or hiking paths, preserving the ROW for possible future re-use as a railway while providing a useful service in the meantime. These are often tagged highway=cycleway or highway=footway depending on whether they prefer or allow bicycle or pedestrian traffic. It is OK to tag both railway=abandoned and highway=cycleway if it is the case that an abandoned railway became a railtrail (for bicycle use, for example). The Railbanking process was formed to support the creation of rail trails and for the possible future re-use as a railway.

There are entries in the Abandoned tables (below) which contain significant segments of railtrail (usually ped/bike). It can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there. They may be found in both if the entirety of the right of way is not being used for trail.

These tables are incomplete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Name	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Banks-Vernonia State Trail	1157368 1157368	Banks - Vernonia	Imported from RLIS import	Might need a double-check. At-grade crossing at OR 47 deviates from original ROW; a damaged bridge formerly used by trains is nearby.
Springwater Corridor	1868945 1868945	Sellwood - Boring	Imported from RLIS import	Might need a double-check

Disused lines

Lines, expressed as route=railway relations, that don't have regular traffic but with all infrastructure in place. Tracks are tagged railway=disused.

This table is believed to be only partially complete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Southern Pacific (SP)	Relation not defined yet	Banks - Tillamook	Unknown

Abandoned lines

Former railroad lines, whether still visible on the ground or not, correctly expressed as route=railway relations. Ways are usually tagged railway=abandoned or rarely, railway=razed.

There are entries in the Railtrail and "Transitway" table (above) which contain significant segments of abandoned rail. It can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there.

These tables are incomplete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!