Exploring Oregon's locomotive past and present
In Sumpter, Oregon, the venerable "Stump Dodger" still winds its way through the same canyons it once did. And in a Corbett backyard, a couple tends their own track.
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In Sumpter, Oregon, the venerable "Stump Dodger" still winds its way through the same canyons it once did. And in a Corbett backyard, a couple tends their own track.
Gary Lee fell in love with trains as a boy. Decades later, he’s the chief conductor and owner of his own Baker & Grande Ronde Railroad.
I prefer the latter. And not only because Iâm current on my inoculations. I happened to visit one of each type of historical site, the pair separated by a single day and a handful of miles. Both places are in Grant County but both, and one in particular, also have connections to Baker County. Persuaded by the summery weather that persisted into the first weekend of October, we decided to take one final trip for the year with our tent trailer. Our destination was the Dixie campground on the Malheur National Forest along Highway 26, about 55 miles southwest of Baker City.