Longview, Portland & Northern

Longview, Portland & Northern
Southern Division

Last addition: 4-30-24

As you can see from the 1966 Official guide entry above, the LP&N had three small divisions. The smallest and most obscure at the time of these photos was the 3.5 mile Southern Division which served an International Paper Company mill in Gardiner Oregon, and connected with the Southern Pacific's Coos Bay Branch. It shut down with the closing of the mill in 1999. Historical outline / roster from Western Shortline Rosters.

Baldwin VO 1000 #1002, the "Burgess Tooterville Trolley", sits derelict at Garfiled in June, 1974..

Click here for a Wx4 HumongOphoto™

Here's the LP&N 'terminal" at Garfield, such as it was in June, 1974, looking north.

Another brief visit in 1987 found Alco S-2 at the north end of the house, all fired-up and ready to work.

Here is a loco that I missed: Stan Styles caught #1001 at Grand Ronde, OR on the Wilamina and Grand Ronde Railroad at Grand Ronde in 1960. LP&N units had a reputation for roaming.

NEW 4-30-24

A lament of mine is that, despite repeated visits in the 1990's and 2000's, I never saw a wheel turn in Gardiner. Above, Keith Ardinger lucked out on 9-26-2018 when he caught this CBRL GP30 tooling around, with another unit just visible behind the shed at left. According to Jeff Moore, CBRL had revived the enginehouse for servicing, but otherwise could not perform revenue moves because LP&N never formerly abandoned the line, much less filed for a cessation of service. This created a host of a host of thorny legal issues. A bit more than a month following this photo, the Port of Coos Bay gave CBL the boot and took over operations as Coos Bay Rail Line.

My bad luck continued, for three years and four days later, it was apparent during a visit that Gardner had again fallen into disuse. The only equipment on the property was this derelect ex-IC heavyweight coach. It most certainly made the round. According to Jeff, the car first went to Oregon, Pacific & Eastern, then Black Hills Central, Pend Orielle Valley and San Pedro Southwestern before arriving in Gardiner around 2017.

(click on image for enlargement)

	Longview, Portland & Northern Southern Division		Back to Shortlines Last addition: 4-30-24
As you can see from the 1966 Official guide entry above, the LP&N had three small divisions. The smallest and most obscure at the time of these photos was the 3.5 mile Southern Division which served an International Paper Company mill in Gardiner Oregon, and connected with the Southern Pacific's Coos Bay Branch. It shut down with the closing of the mill in 1999. Historical outline / roster from Western Shortline Rosters.


Baldwin VO 1000 #1002, the "Burgess Tooterville Trolley", sits derelict at Garfiled in June, 1974.. Click here for a Wx4 HumongOphoto™




Here's the LP&N 'terminal" at Garfield, such as it was in June, 1974, looking north.


Another brief visit in 1987 found Alco S-2 at the north end of the house, all fired-up and ready to work.
Here is a loco that I missed: Stan Styles caught #1001 at Grand Ronde, OR on the Wilamina and Grand Ronde Railroad at Grand Ronde in 1960. LP&N units had a reputation for roaming.
NEW 4-30-24 A lament of mine is that, despite repeated visits in the 1990's and 2000's, I never saw a wheel turn in Gardiner. Above, Keith Ardinger lucked out on 9-26-2018 when he caught this CBRL GP30 tooling around, with another unit just visible behind the shed at left. According to Jeff Moore, CBRL had revived the enginehouse for servicing, but otherwise could not perform revenue moves because LP&N never formerly abandoned the line, much less filed for a cessation of service. This created a host of a host of thorny legal issues. A bit more than a month following this photo, the Port of Coos Bay gave CBL the boot and took over operations as Coos Bay Rail Line.

		My bad luck continued, for three years and four days later, it was apparent during a visit that Gardner had again fallen into disuse. The only equipment on the property was this derelect ex-IC heavyweight coach. It most certainly made the round. According to Jeff, the car first went to Oregon, Pacific & Eastern, then Black Hills Central, Pend Orielle Valley and San Pedro Southwestern before arriving in Gardiner around 2017.
		(click on image for enlargement)