Collection
See also: Oregon Electric Railway MuseumTwo former-Portland "Council Crest" Brill streetcars are the jewels of the OERHS collection. Other vintage streetcars at the museum include an open-sided car from Sydney, Australia, double-deckers from Blackpool, England, and Hong Kong, and two 1940s PCC streetcars from San Francisco.
Although mostly concerned with preserving streetcars and electric railway equipment, the OERHS has also collected a modern Boeing-Vertol Light-Rail Vehicle (LRV) from San Francisco Muni, and has acquired three vintage trolley buses. With the exception of a former-Portland Brill "Master Unit" being used on the Willamette Shore Trolley, the entire collection is based in Brooks.
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