Sumpter Valley Railway
| Sumpter Valley Railway | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Sumpter, Oregon |
| Terminus | McEwen, Oregon |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Sumpter Valley Railway |
| Original gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc. |
| Stations | 2 |
| Length | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1890 |
Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District | |
| Nearest city | Bates, Oregon |
| Area | 1,223.8 acres (495.3 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | West, Joseph A. |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001065 |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1987 |
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The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains on a roughly 5-mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter. The railroad has two steam locomotives and several other pieces of rolling stock. Passenger excursion trains operate on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through the end of September.