Mount Hood railway tour reopens
Oregon’s Mount Hood Railroad is running again in the Hood River Valley after a two-year, $1 million repair project to fix part of the track washed out by flooding in 2006.
A new dome car moreover has been added to the followers which makes scenic two-hour excursions plus weekend dinner/brunch trains.
The railway began bringing fruit and material products to market in the area in 1906 and was used for a time as a commuter line. It began as a tourist lure about 20 years ago.
It runs from the town of Hood River, in the Columbia Gorge, to the foundation of Mount Hood. It carries with respect to 70,000 passengers a year. Get notice at www.mthoodrr.com/
