The first railroad tracks were laid in the gulch in 1882, by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, later taken over by Union Pacific, which continues to own the line in the 2020s. The Union Pacific tracks, now used only by freight trains, were also used by passenger trains from 1882–1971 and 1977–1997, lastly by Amtrak's The Pioneer until that train's discontinuation in 1997.
The first railroad tracks were laid in the gulch in 1882 by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, which was later acquired by Union Pacific.  Union Pacific still owns the line today and it has been used for freight trains since then. The tracks were also used for passenger trains from 1882 to 1971, and again from 1977 to 1997, with Amtrak's The Pioneer being the last passenger train on the line until its discontinuation in 1997.