The name of two separate short-lived east side transfer lines. The first, running from 1907 to 1909, connected the east end of the Steel Bridge with the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge. In October 1909, it was merged with the Russell-Shaver line and took that name, though newspaper advertisements referred to it as the “R-S East Side Line” for quite some time afterwards. This line was first announced in November 1906 and was originally planned to be a much longer route, but it seems that the merger that formed the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company caused a delay and a scaling-back of these plans.
The second line bearing the “East Side” name ran from the east end of the Broadway Bridge to the east end of the Burnside Bridge, but within a year it was extended to meet with all of the Willamette River bridges and was renamed as the Bridge Transfer line. The creation of this transfer line almost certainly came about as a way to appease the public after the failure of the much-hyped Crosstown line in 1914.
See also: Bridge Transfer (1915–1940, 1942–1947), Russell-Shaver (1904–1937), Crosstown (Never Built)
| Years of Operation: | June 1, 1907–October 10, 1909 February 15, 1914–December 31, 1914 | | --- | --- | | Operating Company: | ‣ | | Gauge: | Narrow (3-feet, 6-inches) | | Headboard: | Second version: “ES” dash boards, “East Side” overhead | | Car Barn: | ‣ |