We Need Your Help: We are mounting an email campaign to ask the Metro Council to designate just 2 percent of the just-approved zoo bond measure to fund restoration of the zoo train. Voters said yes to $380 million zoo bond in the May 21 election. As currently planned, the funds would be used to upgrade animal habitats and zoo infrastructure—but not the railway. This could change, as the Metro Council must now officially adopt a spending plan.

Your timely letter or email can help persuade the council to do the right thing and support the zoo train. Please email your Metro Councilor and Council President Lynn Peterson, copying Metro Chief Operating Officer Marissa Madrigal and Oregon Zoo Director Heidi Rahn, urging them to include the zoo railway, including the Rose Garden Loop, in detailed spending plans for the zoo bond.

Discover how Friends of the Washington Park and Zoo Railway (FWPZR) was featured in the Northwest Examiner's May 2024 issue.

In this month's letter, learn about the progress with Metro, the Zoo Bond measure, and our exciting 65th anniversary celebration on June 20th.

Relive the highlights of our April event at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and get ready for more fun in June!

Read how FWPZR volunteer Gerald Fox saved the Washington Park and Zoo Railway tracks from potential damage by a falling Douglas Fir tree.