Klamath Northern Railway Company (KNOR) is a 10.6-mile (17.1 km) shortline railroad operating from Gilchrist, Oregon to Gilchrist Jct, Oregon where is connects with Union Pacific Railroad's Cascade Subdivision.
[1] Crown Pacific Partners L.P. purchased the Gilchrist sawmill and railroad on October 4, 1991, renaming the line Crown Pacific Railroad, Inc.[2][3] Crown Pacific renamed the railroad back to Klamath Northern Railway Company on January 1, 1995.
[4] Crown Pacific Partners L.P. entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2003, subsequently selling the Gilchrist sawmill and KNOR to International Forest Products Limited (d.b.a.
International Forest Products sold the Klamath Northern to Neiman Forest Products, owner of Gilcrest lumber Company in the fall of 2020, Operations resumed at the Mill in March 2021.
KNOR continues to operate local freight trains most on a need basis and is powered by a GE SL-144 center cab locomotive.