We are back to the Great Oregon Steamup to ride the trolley and 7 1/2 inch gauge railroad. Antiques Powerland is a collection of small museums including a great trolley museum.
The museum is the Oregon Electric Railway Museum featuring historic trolleys from Oregon, Australia, Portugal, England, Brussels, and more. You can ride a restored 1913 trolley which ran in Sydney, Australia over about one mile of track with electrfied overhead wire around the Antiques Powerland area.
The group also operates a historic rail line dating from the late 1800s in nearby Portland. At one time electrified interurbans ran on this line from Portland to Oswego and on to Hillsboro, McMinnville and Corvallis. The Vintage Trolley itself is a replica trolley in the style of Portland’s own Council Crest cars. Two of the original cars can be found at our museum in Brooks. The Vintage Trolleys did run on the MAX Line and Portland Streetcar before coming to Willamette Shore Trolley.
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Antiques Powerland is also home to a "live steam" group with a large 7 1/2 gauge railroad called the Willow Creek Railroad Museum. They give train rides as part of the Great Oregon Steam Up. The ride is about 15 minutes long with one and a half miles of track meandering through the trees and grassy meadows.
From their web site:
Willow Creek Railroad Museum is located at the Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon. We are approximately 45 minutes south of Portland and 10 minutes north of Salem.
WCRR was founded in 1975 as a place where live steamers could gather to share their interests in trains and enjoy outdoor miniature railroading.
We are dedicated to providing a historical account of what early steam and diesel railroading was like - the smells, sights and sounds - only on a smaller scale.
Our steam and diesel powered trains are 1:8 scale replicas - large enough for the whole family to ride!
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