Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society

The OERHS was founded in 1957. It first established a trolley museum in Glenwood, Oregon along Hwy-6. The museum moved in 1995 from Glenwood to the grounds of Powerland Heritage Park in Brooks Oregon.  The OERHS is a 501(c) 3 Oregon Non-Profit Corporation

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., is to preserve the regional heritage of electric railway transportation as a living resource for the benefit of the present and future generations. To fulfill this mission The Society will promote:

• The study of electric railways, their physical equipment, properties and operations, devoting special attention to the electric railways of western Oregon,
• the procurement and preservation of historic electric railway equipment, materials and property, and
• the display, interpretation and operation of surviving historic equipment, materials and properties.

The OERHS operates the Oregon Electric Railway Museum and the Willamette Shore Trolley