An expansive view of the Elkhorn Mountains is seen from the back of the Sumpter Valley Railroad caboose. Although its typical season is summer, the train runs special events in October and December.

If you’re looking for a storybook Christmas experience, you can’t get much closer than the Sumpter Valley Railroad’s Christmas train. Oregon Field Guide reporter Jule Gilfillan gets a hug from a very ...

A storybook Christmas comes to life at this small-town, all-volunteer railroad. The Eastern Oregon mining town of Sumpter is officially known as a "ghost town." But every Christmas, the old steam ...