At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network

Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric interurban railways that ran through Oregon's Willamette Valley and of the streetcars that operated i

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with

Street railways arrived early in Portland and made lasting social and economic contributions that are still apparent in the layout and character of the citys ne