Port Ogden and Northern

**Port Ogden and Northern** is the main railroad in The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles.

## History

### Background

The Ogden Lines railroad was formed in 1925 as a logging railroad based in Armour, Stevens, Hyde, Port Ogden, and Ogden. It acquired retired engines from surrounding railroads, with some coming from museums.

In 1938, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad abandoned some trackage between Port VanDenH and Port Ogden. The tracks were sold to the newly formed Riverside Railroad, which acquired locomotives withdrawn from various railroads before, including the M10000 in 1941.

### Early Years

In 1951, the Ogden Lines Railroad merged with the Riverside Railroad to form the Port Ogden and Northern Railroad. It inherited locomotives from both railroads during it's first few years. In 1956, Lachlan became the first new engine to be added to the roster after the merger. Since then, the railroad has displaced it's smaller and outdated locomotives with bigger ones.

### 1960-67 Financial Crisis

By 1959, the railroad was going through difficult times due Conner’s operating costs. The following year, Byron was purchased and was restored 5 years later. The overhaul costed $15,000,000 and the railroad was at risk of bankruptcy. Due to the heavy loss, cost cuts had to be made, including maintenance and track repairs, which affected the timetables and operating schedule. This also meant no more locomotives were added to the roster until 1972. The somewhat railroad recovered in 1968, but has still remained on a tight budget due to it’s impractical use of steam engines and gas turbines.

### 1975 Wildfire

On August 21 1975, Conner’s recklessness started a fire that spread across the entire mountain. The fire devastated Armour and destroyed $76,000 worth of property. The incident led to a temporary ban on steam traction in Port Ogden, which was lifted the following year. Conner was suspended from mainline operations until July 1976.

## Locomotives

### Local Services

* Rhyon *(1973)*
* Lachlan *(1956)*
* Amtrak #518 *(1981)*

### UP/D&RGW/ATSF Mainline Connection Trains

* Gwen (*1975)*
* Umit *(1978)*
* Byron *(1960)*
* Conner *(1960)*

### Yard Switchers

* UP #4609 *(1954)*
* Georgia Power Co. #30 *(1965)*
* ATSF #2174 *(1952)*
* SP #2405 *(1977)*

### Inherited from Ogden Lines/Riverside Railroad

* D&RGW #3504 *(1951)*
* UP #M10000 *(1941)*
* SP #3000 *(1952)*

### Leased Locomotives

* Mitchel *(ATSF)*
* Sheldon *(UP)*
* Cabott *(H&HV)*
* Georgia *(H&HV)*
* Ben *(ATSF)*
* Jeff *(BN)*
* Ryan *(H&HV)*
* Steven *(H&HV)*
* Nick *(BN)*
* Kale *(DRGW)*
* UP #1011 *(UP)*
* SP #9192 *(SP)*
* SP #8286 *(SP)*

### Former Locomotives

* ATSF #91 *(Riverside Railroad)*
* CP #117 *(Riverside Railroad)*
* Wisconsin Logging and Timber #5 *(Ogden Lines)*
* D.M. Logging Co. #5 *(Ogden Lines)*

## Human members

* Mr. Evans
* Mr. Brown

## Trivia

* The railroad crosses the borders of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. In fact, the line crosses the state borders multiple times.
	+ The Arizona/New Mexico border is crossed twice.
	+ The Arizona/Utah border is crossed once.
	+ The New Mexico/Colorado border is crossed twice.
	+ The Utah/Colorado border is crossed three times.
	+ Xacto and Armstrong are the closest yards to the four corners.
* The railroad’s poor financial state is the possible reason their engines don’t have an offical livery.
* The jokes about the railroad's financial state are inspired by a discussion between Mr3801Fan 26 and NSWSteamFan about The Amazing World of Gumball, which NSWSteamFan has recently cited as one of his favorite cartoons of all time.
	+ Mr3801Fan 26 also uses the running gag to clear up a few issues, like the railroad lacking an official livery.