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Rural Renewal

            The outbound Toledo Hauler is about to pass under the US 20 overpass at Wrens, Oregon in March 1992. The modest sawmill on the fireman's side of the train is the Gates Lumber Company, which was still a source of rail traffic for Southern Pacific. 

Once upon a time, there were lots of small sawmills like this one along Espee trackage in Oregon. Over time, their numbers withered. Logging restrictions caused by the spotted owl took care of many survivors. This mill closed in 1995 when the cost of complying with environmental regulations made further operation uneconomic.  

Less than a year after this Kodachrome was exposed, SP leased the Toledo Branch to the new Willamette & Pacific Railroad. In less than five years, SP itself was gone, acquired by Union Pacific.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Wren (show map)

Taken on: March 21, 1992

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Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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