Amtrak diesel locomotive at Portland, Oregon in 1978.

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-010-014-001-002-AMR-533

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Item

Title

Amtrak diesel locomotive at Portland, Oregon in 1978.

Date(s)

  • 1978 (Creation)

Extent

1 photograph

Name of creator

(1939-)

Biographical history

Alden M. Raney is a railroad enthusiast and photographer who documented railroad activity in the Pacific Northwest between 1950 and 1990.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

Northbound and southbound "Coast Starlight" meeting at North Portland. The trains were detouring on to the Union Pacific to Portland Union Station due to a ship striking Burlington Northern Railroad's Willamette River Bridge 5.1 in 1978. Photograph by ... »

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Conditions governing access

Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Ownership of Other Railroads subjects in the Alden M. Raney Collection resides in the the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Alden M. Raney. Accrual W2015-043 received September 22, 2015. Accrual W2015-047 received October 4, 2015.

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Rules or conventions

Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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