St. Johns Streetcars: The Streetcars of North Portland

Chronicles the rise, fall, and revival of North Portland’s streetcars from 1889 to today.

Streetcars were both early and late arrivals in North Portland. The first electric streetcars in the state of Oregon began rolling across the original Steel Bridge into the city of Albina in November 1889. Within a few months, these pioneering trolleys were connecting with a steam railway then under construction to the town of St. Johns. Yet, travel on this longest of lines remained in two parts until t...