Oregon Coast Historical Railway

06/20/2025

Train day (June 21) update- rail speeders have been forced to cancel their visit due to a forest fire in Mapleton, We will still serve free lunch, gift shop will be open and blacksmithing demo most of the day.
Speeders next visit will be Aug 9th

03/27/2025

The Oregon Coast Historical Railway in Coos Bay will hold a public review session of their plan to construct open-air shelter/canopies over some of the vintage equipment in the display area at 766 S. First St., Coos Bay. The session will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 27 at the Coos Bay Fire Station at 450 Elrod St. in Coos Bay.

09/19/2018

Are you retired and your spouse is tired of you being under foot? Come join us at the railway.

09/08/2018

Congratulations to Bay City Swing. The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee was a big success. The Band has been invited to 5 other festivals on the west coast (San Francisco, Monterey, San Diego……). These guys all hail from Coos Bay proper.

11/03/2014

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10/22/2014

The Oregon Coast Historical Railway is pleased to welcome back to the Bay Area a cherished piece of local history -- the Snug Harbor Railroad. This charming miniature steam engine, complete with a tender, three open gondola cars and a caboose ran in Charleston in the 1950s and early 1960s, much to delight of youngsters and railfans of all ages.

It was recently rediscovered in storage in Northern California, and negotiations led to its purchase by the Oregon Coast Historical Railway in Coos Bay. It’s been returned to the Bay Area, where the OCHR is restoring it for display at our museum in Coos Bay. We hope it can be brought back to operating condition in the near future for a whole new generation to enjoy.

10/22/2014

Snug Harbor Railroad comes home! First public appearance in the Bay Area in over 40 years!! Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2014. 3 - 7 pm. Free admission for all and treats for youngsters.

08/19/2012

Abandoned and forgotten, this 1927 Ohio locomotive steam crane has been returned home to Coos County and may one day be operational again thanks to the efforts of Oregon Coast Historical Railway volunteers. Saved from scrap, OCHR president Dick Jamsgard traveled to Camp 6 in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Washington, and with help from Don Parsio of Myrtle Creek, dismantled the steam crane and prepared it for moving. Two local trucking comapnies donated three trucks and drivers to transport this 75-ton crane and it was unloaded June 28, 2012 at the museum property in Coos Bay Oregon. Volunteers are working to restore the steam crane to operating condition. It worked in Coos County 1927 - 1933 moving logs and helping build bridges.