Amtrak type F40 on the point of a southbound "Coast Starlight" shortly before entering the North Portland tunnel. 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.

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 Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak 571 departing Portland Union Station with a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" heading to Seattle in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak 571 and 570 departing Portland Union Station with a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" heading to Seattle in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel, Train-Passenger.

View of cab on Amtrak locomotive 571 in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel.

Amtrak 559 brings in a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" to Portland Union Station in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak 559 brings in a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" to Portland Union Station in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak diesel locomotive 556, an EMD SDP40F at Union Station in Portland, Oregon in June 1974. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, passenger train

Amtrak diesel locomotive 556 at Portland, Oregon in June 1974. Amtrak 556 leads train number 11 at Portland Union Station in 1986. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, passenger train

Amtrak diesel locomotive 547, an EMD SDP40F at Union Station in Portland, Oregon, circa 1978. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, passenger train