Oregon Pacific has purchased ex-Cedar Rapids & Iowa City "CRANDIC" SW-8 #91 for use on the Molalla Division. This locomotive is historic in that it was the first diesel purchased in 1953 to dieselize the former electric operation. She was sent to General Electric in 1990 where she was completely remanufactured into a SW-900 and has been out of service and used primarily as the shop switcher since 1998. The 91 is moving west on the UP at this time and will be painted OPR red and white upon arrival at Portland, renumbered 901, and immediately sent to Canby. Ex-Oregon Pacific & Eastern SW-8#602 and OPR SW-8 803 (ex-T&NO #13) are for sale.

American Steel, LLC, a distributor of steel products, has purchased ten acres in the new Canby Pioner Industrial Park where they are constructing a 200,000 square foot facility served by the OPR and will move their entire operation from Portland to Canby, 20 miles south of Portland. Since they will need a daily switch (somewhere between 40-60 ars a month) it was necessary to acquire an additional highly dependable unit to assign to the industrial park.

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