Steam & Excursion > Winterail Steam?

Hello all: does anyone know if there are any plans for a steam train ride associated with the Winterail weekend?

Thanks either way...

Tom (Seattle, WA) and 

With Winterail being held on Fri. Mar 14th and Sat. Mar 15th in Corvallis, I looked at the regional tourist railroads who (occasionally) run steam.

Santiam Excursion: The Santa Maria No. 205 (2-6-2 built 1924 by Baldwin) will be operating on Sat. Mar 15th at 10:00am and 12:30pm, but no steam on Sun, Mar 16 (diesel runs with brunch).

Oregon Coast Scenic: Start of Season on Sat. Mar 15 and Sun. Mar 16, between Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi, 30 minutes each way. STEAM both days! at 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00 pm from Garibaldi

Chehalis-Centralia Railroad: St. Patrick's Day Dinner Train on Sat. Mar 15. Diesel. (I am unaware of the status of their steam locomotive, 15 year FRA work)

Mt. Hood Railroad: No announced rides in March

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad: No announced rides in March  (I am unaware of the status of their steam locomotive, 15 year FRA work)

Oregon Rail Heritage Center: No announced rides in March



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/25 19:18 by TTStetz3.

Train mountain maybe. 

FWIW, the Oregon Coast WILL be running steam that weekend.

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What kind of steam (and diesel, for that matter) power does Oregon Coast have?

Unless I’m missing something active steam power on OCSR at present is the former McCloud River #25 (Alco 2-6-2) and a former Craig Mountain 2-Truck Heisler. Active diesels should be an F-7A in full Great Northern paint, a former SP/POTB GP-9 painted up as a Holstein cow, and a former BN/POTB SD-9.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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Jeff is correct on the listing of the "active" locomotives on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OCSR). I have ridden behind four of those over the years.

See Wikipedia article for the complete OCSR locomotive listing at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast_Scenic_Railroad

Note that the the OCSR acquired most of the previous Kepner Collection of steam locomotives.

~~Trent



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Yes.... I have updated my listing above.

The Oregon Coast Scenic WILL be running STEAM on Sat. Mar 15 and Sun. Mar 16th, at 10:00am, 12:00pm and 2:00 pm departing from Garibaldi. Likley they will use the McCloud River (Alco 2-6-2) No. 25, built in 1925.



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Thank you all for the great info! 

• Tom