Misc. Salem #3: Oregon Electric - A-Line Safety Committee Sign

Salem Industrial Drive NE

Oregon Electric – A-Line Safety Committee Sign on April 8, 2006

Also in north Salem, the former Oregon Electric (O.E.) Railway (later the Burlington Northern Railroad and now the Portland & Western Railroad) had a small base of operations near Salem Industrial Drive. The Oregon Electric was owned by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (SP&S) Railway, which also operated the route to Astoria nicknamed the "A Line." This safety sign, which depicts the East Coast railroads in the game of Monopoly while declaring "Railroading is not a game: work safely when on board" was erected by the O.E. - A Line Safety Committee, and may predate the 1970 merger that absorbed the SP&S into the Burlington Northern Railroad.

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