A new company formed by Stephen Carver in 1923 as a last-ditch attempt to keep his line from Portland to Carver and beyond to Viola operating. The Portland City Council was having none of it, however, and within two years Carver had surrendered his franchise within the city. Commissioner Bigelow was particularly scathing of the condition of the line, calling it “a disgrace to the city of Portland.” Track within the city limits was torn up in 1925 and the proceeds were used by the city to pay off some of Carver’s tax debts.
Work on extending the line to Viola continued, but it was too little, too late. The railroad went into mortgage foreclosure in May 1928 – ending Stephen Carver’s dream – and was eventually sold to the Clackamas Eastern Railway Company in 1929, a logging road with no passenger service.
| Years of Operation: | February 15, 1923–May 1928 |
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| Preceded By: | ‣ |
| Succeeded By: | Clackamas Eastern Railway Company (1929–1940) – no passenger service, so outside the scope of this wiki |