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Oregon Trunk Line

The Oregon Trunk Line is a railway line in Oregon and Washington operated by the BNSF Railway. It is a remnant of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, running from Wishram, Washington in the north to a connection with the Union Pacific at Chemult at its south end. Connections to the Gateway Subdivision are facilitated by trackage rights over the Union Pacific Cascade Subdivision to Klamath Falls.

History
The Oregon Trunk Line railroad surveyed the route in 1906, with the golden spike driven at Bend on October 5, 1911. It was built with competition from the Deschutes Railroad Company, which laid their tracks on the eastern bank of the Deschutes River. The order was finalized the following year with Great Northern additionally acquiring trackage rights on the Southern Pacific line between Chemult and Klamath Falls. Passenger services along the line ended in 1971 with the formation of Amtrak. ==References==
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