PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can observe and learn about the museum’s “newest” steam locomotive. on Wednesday, crews positioned the historic Mount Emily Shay #1 inside the Enginehouse for the first time.
The locomotive came to the center from Prineville in 2022 after the Oregon Historical Society, which had owned the Shay for decades, selected Oregon Rail Heritage Center to be its permanent home.
Geared locomotives like the Shay enabled the growth of Oregon’s logging industry. The powerful engines could handle steep, uneven terrain in order to transport cut logs to mills…