Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, operating in Oregon, primarily between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach, with additional special trips to Wheeler, Nehalem River and into the Salmonberry River canyon.
The railroad travels on tracks that pass along the edge of Tillamook Bay and the Oregon Coast, and through thick forest along the Nehalem River. The OCSR runs its collection of vintage rail equipment over 46 miles (74 km) of former Southern Pacific Transportation Company track under a lease from the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB), an entity distinct from the OCSR.
The railroad currently operates two steam locomotives in regular service but as of today, several steam locomotive restoration/reconstruction projects are planned or underway.
==Locomotives==
Photograph	Locomotive 	Build date	Manufacturer 	Locomotive Type: 	Status
 	Pickering Lumber Co. No. 1 	1913 	Heisler Locomotive Works 	85 Ton, 3-truck Heisler	Stored awaiting restoration
 	Curtiss Lumber Co. 2 	1910 	Heisler Locomotive Works 	2-truck Heisler 	Undergoing Maintenance
 	Craig Mountain Lumber Co. No. 3 	1917 	Heisler Locomotive Works 	2-truck Heisler 	Operational
 	Columbia River Belt Line No. 7 "Skookum"	June 1909 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	 	Operational, on loan to the Niles Canyon Railway
 	McCloud River Railway No. 25 	1925 	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	 	Operational
 	Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad No. 101 	June 1956 	Electro-Motive Division 	EMD GP9 	Operational
 	Great Northern No. 274 	1950 	Electro-Motive Division 	EMD F7 	Operational
 	Port of Tillamook Bay No. 6139 	1954 	Electro-Motive Division 	EMD SD9 	Operational
==Trivia==
*All of the railroad's locomotives are serviced at the locomotive shops in Garibaldi, Oregon.
*During 2014 the OCSR has been in a series of legal challenges with the State of Oregon over their attempts to reconstruct track in the Salmonberry River corridor that had been damaged in winter storms of 2007.
*The central issue was the OCSR's work included placing rock fill on the bank of the river, for which they had not obtained state permits, potentially impacting native salmon and steelhead. OCSR's position was that as a railroad, federal law exempted them from state environmental regulations.
*In March 2015, a decision was reported that exempted the OCSR from the state regulations.
*In 2021, they bought the Fred Kepner Collection from a field near Merrill, Oregon known as the "Kepner Memorial Collection".
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