IN THE YEAR OF 1912 COBBS & MITCHELL LUMBER CO.
HAD PLANS OF A RAILROAD TO BE MADE.
BY 1920 ALMOST FORTY MILES OF TRACK HAD BEEN LAYED.
THE LAST TWO MILES OF TRACKS FROM SILETZ LUMBER & LOGGING WAS BOUGHT.
NOW THE TRAIN BETWEEN VALSETZ AND INDEPENDENCE COULD BE CAUGHT.
FOR 32 YEARS THE LITTLE V&S HAD THE BEST ROUTE.
FOR ALL PRODUCTS COMING IN AND OUT.
COME 1952 A GOOD ROAD OVER THE MOUNTAIN THEN CAME ABOUT
AT ONE TIME V.& S. OWNED STEAM ENGINES OF EIGHT.
THEN IN THE LATE 50'S THE DIESELS COME OUT THE GATE.
THE V&S OWNERSHIP THEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES THEY SAY.
THE END OF SERVICE BETWEEN VALSETZ AND PEDEE WAS ON THE WAY.
BUT IT BELONGED TO BOISE CASCADE ON IT'S FINAL DAY.
AS OF 1979 V&S R.R. SERVICE WAS ENDED TO VALSETZ .
THIS WAS NOW NEAR THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE VALLEY & SILETZ.
WITH ONLY THREE MILES OF TRACK, AND SOON WOULD BE ONE POINT EIGHT.
BOISE SOLD THE LITLE RAILROAD IN 1984
ABOUT THE TIME, A TOWN NAMED VALSETZ, WAS TO BE NO MORE
TO BOISE, VALSETZ AND THE LITTLE S&V, WERE JUST SURPLUS
BAGGAGE THEY HAD TOSSED A SIDE
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JERRY BLACKWELL
This page was last updated on: September 3, 2009
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VALSETZ RAILROAD GRADE?
VALLEY AND SILETZ RAILROAD
Valley & Siletz
R.R.
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