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Thursday, May 20, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
S UMPTER V ALLEY R AILROAD STEAMS INTO SUMMER
■ Full steam ahead! Take a trip back in time, beginning May 22
For a full summer schedule, go
to www.sumptervalleyrailroad.
com and click on “2021 Calendar.”
For more, call 541-894-2268, email
info@sumptervalleyrailroad.org or
visit the SVRR Facebook page.
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
SUMPTER — The Sumpter Val-
ley Railroad is kicking off the 2021
season with “Full Steam Ahead”
rides this weekend, May 22 and 23.
As this is a soft start to the sea-
son, rides will be more limited than
an regular weekends throughout
the summer.
Steam #3 will leave McEwen
Station at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sat-
urday. These are both round trips.
On Sunday there will be one
round-trip train, leaving McEwen
at noon.
Masks are required.
Fares are $25 adults, $22 seniors
(65+) and military, $15 for a child
ages 3-17, or $70 for a family.
Children age 2 and younger ride
for free and are issued a compli-
mentary ticket.
A round trip usually takes about
two hours and includes a layover
in Sumpter for sightseeing, visiting
the dredge near the station, shop-
ping and snacking.
Tickets must be purchased in
advance through the website, www.
sumptervalleyrailroad.com. After
purchasing, print the tickets and
bring them with you.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
The train’s schedule for Memo-
rial Day Weekend differs just a bit
— instead of round-trip rides, there
will be short runs from Sumpter to
the river and back.
These abbreviated routes will al-
low for more people to catch a ride
while still maintaining distance
between passengers.
Fares for the short runs are
$18.50 adults, $15 seniors (65+)
and military, and $10 children ages
3-17. Age 2 and younger ride free.
On Saturday, May 29, the train
leaves Sumpter at 11 a.m., 12:30
p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The
Saturday rides will feature the
Travel Baker County/Contributed Photo
The Sumpter Valley Railroad’s round trip route provides a panoramic view of the Elkhorn Mountains as
the historic train runs between McEwen Station and Sumpter.
season’s fi rst “robbery” by bandits
on horseback.
Rides on Sunday, May 30, leave
Sumpter at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and
2 p.m.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
The train won’t run the weekend
of June 5-6, but will return for rides
on June 12 and 13. And Father’s
Day weekend, June 19-20, will
Be safe, wear masks,
stay distanced: we will
get through this.
Thank you. Mae
feature two runs both days.
June 26-27 is designated as “Die-
sel Weekend” and includes short
runs from Sumpter to the river.
There will be four rides each day.
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WEEKEND OUTLOOK
HISTORY
The tracks of the Sumpter
Valley Railroad sat silent from
the mid-1900s until 1971 when a
small group of volunteers set out to
rebuild the narrow gauge Sumpter
Valley Railway in Eastern Oregon.
Although the road bed and track
is mostly on original Sumpter
Valley Railway right-of-way, the
original track was scrapped in 1947
and nearly all of the original road
bed had eroded away.
With an almost all-volunteer
work force, the SVRR has rebuilt
more than 7 miles of track and is
still growing.
The offi cial ribbon cutting
ceremony reopening the railroad
and its historic excursion rides took
place July 4, 1976.
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FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
High 53 Low 34
High 58 Low 38
High 67 Low 40
Spotty showers
Rain possible
A shower possible