Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2003, establishing its status as a heritage railway and nonprofit entity. In December 2007 the line suffers extensive damage from the Great Coastal Gale, with landslides and a bridge washout that severs the route from the broader North American rail network. Beginning in 2014 the railroad confronts a series of legal challenges over reconstruction work in the Salmonberry River corridor, and in March 2015 a court decision exempts the OCSR from state environmental regulations. In August 2025 the City of Rockaway Beach requests removal of the tracks for a trail extension, putting the railroad’s future in jeopardy. Later that same year, on October 8 2025, a fire damages a wood trestle near Tillamook, rendering that section of track impassable pending repair.