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Title: Red Electric Train Year: Unknown
Photo ID: 421 Dimensions: H 4.75" x W 7"
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Fair
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Mounted on cardboard; pinholes and tape residue. Sign on train: Oswego Local 319. Negative with photo. Same as photo 2482.
Notes on back: Red Electric. The little red train solved commuter problems from 1912-1929 but lost out to the fact that passengers preferred to take their cars into Portland where they could park indefinitely. Return to Mary Goodall. 843.
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: men; bib overalls; conductors; engineers; stations
Subjects: People; Railroad stations; Railroads; Transportation