" The City of Prineville continues to be one of the oldest municipally built and operated railroads in the United States. The company has reshaped itself into a distribution center serving all of central and eastern Oregon, with most freight passing through two reload centers. The original reload at the Prineville Freight Depot ships and receives a wide variety of products, while bulk and liquid products move through a second reload the company built at Prinveille Junction. The company generates additional substantial revenues through commercial car storage on the many idled industrial spurs and sidings. The railroad has successfully pursued additional grant monies to upgrade its track structure, and the company is now back on a firm financial footing. And the Mt. Emily Shay is still on the property and operates a couple times a year for passenger excursions or other civic events. "