Trains in Salem, OR

I think it was mostly SP.  might try Four Ways West book on SP in Oregon?

I would like to start modeling lines that ran through town on front street ( engines and freight cars ) but can't find much.

Aaron

I believe you are looking for information on the Oregon Electric.

http://oerhs.org/oerhs/history/salem.htm

http://pdxhistory.com/html/oregon_electric.html

SP&S, GN, NP and BN equipment would be appropriate depending on what era you are modeling.

The SP ran on 12th.

The book "The Southern Pacific in Oregon" by Ed Austin and Tom Dill has some pics and maps of street operation in Salem, I think. Years ago, I believe Oregon Electric and SP both had street trackage there.

You can still see street operation in Albany Oregon on former Oregon Electric, just 25 miles south of Salem. Closer to town is less residential. 

 Tracks have been improved somewhat since these photos. 

Last pic is where "Oregon Electric" ducks under the former SP line from Albany to Corvallis and the West Side branches.

I looked on youtube this morning - lots of videos with  a shortline called  - Portland and Western but alas, no premade models of this line.