Matt C. Batryn
Biggs Junction, OR
An eastbound UP manifest passes through the small town of Biggs Junction, Oregon. Biggs Jct. was once the location where the Columbia Southern Railway left the OWR&N mainline for the nearly 70 mile run south to Shaniko, OR. The opening of the Oregon Trunk and Des Chutes Railroad into central Oregon stole away much of the lines traffic. The Shaniko Branch was cut back to Kent, OR in 1943, with the remainder of the line abandoned in 1967. Today Biggs Junction is home to a grain terminal on the Columbia River. Aside from the fall wheat rush, the town now mostly caters to those traversing I84.
Biggs Junction, OR
An eastbound UP manifest passes through the small town of Biggs Junction, Oregon. Biggs Jct. was once the location where the Columbia Southern Railway left the OWR&N mainline for the nearly 70 mile run south to Shaniko, OR. The opening of the Oregon Trunk and Des Chutes Railroad into central Oregon stole away much of the lines traffic. The Shaniko Branch was cut back to Kent, OR in 1943, with the remainder of the line abandoned in 1967. Today Biggs Junction is home to a grain terminal on the Columbia River. Aside from the fall wheat rush, the town now mostly caters to those traversing I84.