PDX Today - September 2024

Efforts to restore the historic Washington Park and Zoo Railway are back on track.

A miniature railway embodying Portland’s spirit of ingenuity once carried millions of passengers through Washington Park. It connected popular attractions and provided the backdrop for what many Portlanders now consider to be core childhood memories.

For over a decade, most of the route has been quiet, empty of train engines pulling cars packed with kids and kids-at-heart — but it hasn’t been forgotten.

It may even run again one day soon.