Medford Railroad Park
This 49 acre parcel once housed the City's sewer treatment plant. Seven developed acres now encompasses the round concrete settling tank , which is storage for several of the clubs which operate at the site.
In 1979 an agreement was made with the City of Medford and the S.O. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society to begin development of this unique park. At the bottom of this page is an aerial photo showing the layout of the park.
This unique attraction is operated by: the Southern Oregon Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society; the Southern Oregon Live Steamers; the Morse Telegraph Club; the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club; and the Southwest Oregon Large Scale Train Club.
Park attractions include: full size cars, a caboose, a hopper car, Medco's "Four Spot" Willamette Locomotive, HO Scale Track/Trains in the clubhouse, a working telegraph system to send and receive telegrams in the compound, and an operating outdoor Garden Railway.
The Medford Railroad park combines 11/2" scale live steam train rides, an operating HO scale model railroad layout, displays of full size railroad equipment used in the area, a garden railway (G scale) layout and a working exhibit of Morse telegraphy. Admission to the park is free, however, donations are welcome to help finance further development at the Park.
Directions to the Park: Take Interstate 5 to Exit 30. Head west into town (toward the Rogue Valley Mall) on Hwy 62 (Crater Lake Hwy.) Get in the right hand lane and turn right onto North Pacific Hwy (Hwy 99) then, still in the right lane, onto West Table Rock Road . Continue on West Table Rock Road, which turns into Table Rock Road, to the first light (Berrydale). Turn right, stay to the left of the chain link fence (entrance to Fire Station 4) and you will enter the Railroad Park parking lot. The main gate takes you to the live steam trains, historical equipment displays, the garden railway display and the Morse telegraphers. The yellow building at the far end of the parking lot houses the HO trains.
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