The Rogue River was a passenger train which ran between Portland, Oregon and Ashland operated by Southern Pacific.
Passenger service through Ashland began in 1887 with the completion of Southern Pacific's Siskiyou line.
[1] When the Natron Cutoff was completed in 1926, local service over the Siskiyou Pass was maintained with a train operating between Portland and Ashland.
[3] By the 1930s, the service had been named the Oregonian, with the northbound train connected to the West Coast at Eugene.
[5] Southern Pacific announced the service would end in July 1955, though the Oregon Public Utilities Commission ordered that this be delayed pending public hearings.