About the Author

Authors Alfred Mullett and Leonard Merritt are native Oregonians living in the Portland area. Mullett works for Oregon Health and Sciences University, as well as being a freelance writer. Merritt manages the model train department at Tammie's Hobbies; teaches model design, construction, and marketing at a local high school; and has marketed several Sumpter Valley Railway cars and locomotive prototypes. Photographs for this volume were drawn from the Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc., the National Rail Historical Society's Portland archives, and the Baker City Library, as well as individual collections from Union, Baker, and Grant Counties and across the United States.