Amtrak type F40's 244 and 227 on the point of a northbound "Coast Starlight" near North Portland Junction about to enter the double track main line to Seattle. The detour was due to a ship striking Burlington Northern Railroad's Willamette River Bridge 5.1 in 1978. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.
Raney, Alden M.Elements area
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At Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, still photographs of locomotives that employ an onboard diesel engine to generate electricity to turn the wheels, as well as locomotives whose diesel engines power the wheels through a gear box or through a hydraulic system.
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LC Subject Authority Heading: Diesel locomotives https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85037816
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Diesel locomotives
Diesel locomotives
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Diesel locomotives
UF Diesel-electric locomotives
UF Diesel locomotive engines
UF Locomotive diesels
UF Diesels