Edmonton Transit
John Benson Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • July 25, 1986
Edmonton Transit steeple cab electric No. 2001 awaits assignment in a perfect portrait captured in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986. Prior to its service in Alberta, 2001 served as BC Electric No. 961.
It was built American Locomotive Company and General Electric (Alco-GE) No. 21 for the Oregon Electric Railway in June 1912. 21 was utilized it to move freight and passengers through the Willamette Valley on an interurban connecting Portland, Salem, and Eugene.
The 2001 would later return to the United States and is now part of an historic collection at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks. The museum plans to preserve it as one of only two remaining pieces of original OER equipment.
Edmonton Transit
John Benson Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • July 25, 1986
Edmonton Transit steeple cab electric No. 2001 awaits assignment in a perfect portrait captured in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986. Prior to its service in Alberta, 2001 served as BC Electric No. 961.
It was built American Locomotive Company and General Electric (Alco-GE) No. 21 for the Oregon Electric Railway in June 1912. 21 was utilized it to move freight and passengers through the Willamette Valley on an interurban connecting Portland, Salem, and Eugene.
The 2001 would later return to the United States and is now part of an historic collection at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks. The museum plans to preserve it as one of only two remaining pieces of original OER equipment.