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What 1923 Southern Oregon train holdup helped establish modern criminal forensics? "Murder on the Southern Pacific" chronicles Southern Oregon’s most infamous train holdup and examines the myths ...
On October 11, 1923, three brothers tried to rob a Southern Pacific train as it made its way over the Siskiyou Summit of Southern Oregon. Before it was all over four men would be dead, and three ...
The former #4449 Southern Pacific Daylight locomotive was one of two steam engines that pulled the display, and it still goes on excursions today. It is at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland.